fulippo

WP Status Change Notifier allows you to notify selected users when posts’ status are changed.
What it does:
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<li>Notify selected users when new posts are awaiting for approval</li>
<li>Notify contributors when posts are approved or refused</li>
</ol>

WP Status Notifier

WP Status Change Notifier notify users about posts status changes.

ryansommers

Obvious Post States does what its name implies: makes the post states of your Posts and Pages stand out.
Post states like Draft, Pending, Sticky, Password Protected, etc. will be more prominent and obvious.
Takes into account the built-in WordPress Admin Color Schemes so everything matches.
Check out the screenshot to see an example.

Obvious Post States

Make the WordPress post state text (draft, pending, sticky, etc) stand out.

WP Status Notifier vs Obvious Post States