Title: Simple post status notifications
Author: dientuki
Published: <strong>March 6, 2015</strong>
Last modified: June 24, 2015

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# Simple post status notifications

 By [dientuki](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dientuki/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/simple-post-status-notifications.1.1.zip)

 * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/simple-post-status-notifications/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/simple-post-status-notifications/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/simple-post-status-notifications/#installation)
 * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/simple-post-status-notifications/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-post-status-notifications/)

## Description

Send post status notifications by email to Editors when posts are submitted for 
review and to Author when the Editor publishes or sends to draft.

#### Rules

Get a better editorial workflow by ensuring communication between your staff.

 * Notification to editors with an email when the post status changes from Draft
   to Pending Review
 * Notification to authors with an email when the post status changes from Pending
   Review to Published or Draft

#### Features

 * Custom Email Subject and Message with Template-tags
 * Template-tags help
 * Multi language

#### Translators

 * English (en_US) – Usagi Hoshino
 * Spanish (es_ES) – Dientuki

## Installation

 1. Upload the entire `simple-post-status-notifications` folder to the `/wp-content/
    plugins/` directory.
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.

## FAQ

  Can you fix X bug?

Sure, let me know.

  Can you add X template-tag?

Sure, let me know.

  Can you add a feature X?

Depends, if it is useful enough and I have time for it.

## Reviews

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[not work](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-work-135/)󠁿

 [wlubke](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wlubke/) September 3, 2016 1 reply

not work

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Does not work for me](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-not-work-for-me-15/)󠁿

 [Antipole](https://profiles.wordpress.org/antipole/) September 3, 2016 1 reply

Wanting admin to be emailed when a post is submitted for review. Tried this but 
it did not work for me (WP 4.3.1). Found instead Pending Submission Notifications,
which works fine.

 [ Read all 2 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-post-status-notifications/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“Simple post status notifications” is open source software. The following people
have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ dientuki ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dientuki/)

[Translate “Simple post status notifications” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/simple-post-status-notifications)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-post-status-notifications/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/simple-post-status-notifications/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/simple-post-status-notifications/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/simple-post-status-notifications/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.1

 * Fix in email header https://wordpress.org/support/topic/email-header

#### 1.0

 * Initial release

## Meta

 *  Version **1.1**
 *  Last updated **11 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.1.42**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-post-status-notifications/)
 * Tags
 * [change](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/change/)[notification](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/notification/)
   [notify](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/notify/)[post](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/post/)
   [status](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/status/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/simple-post-status-notifications/advanced/)

## Ratings

 1 out of 5 stars.

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## Contributors

 *   [ dientuki ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dientuki/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-post-status-notifications/)