This project helps you implement your own Custom Status in the Post Submit Box.
As of April 2026, Custom Post Status is a WordPress post plugin with 40 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 4.0K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Last updated 9 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Header and Footer Scripts.
This project helps you implement your own Custom Status in the Post Submit Box.
Implements register_post_status and a little jQuery function to render the status on the admin screen.
This plugin is Open Source software. It was built with <3 in Cancun by Page Carbajal / Software Engineer.
Requested and sponsored by Octopus / Agencia de Marketing Digital.
At this time, all post status are private.
All Posts you mark with your Custom Status will not be included in the LOOP unless the user is logged-in.
| WordPress | 4.0+ requiredTested up to 4.5.33 |
| PHP | false+ required |
= 1.1.0 – Release Candidate 1
= 1.0.2 – Fixed Noop Translation Error
= 1.0.1 – WPExpress upgrade
= 1.0.0 – Our First Custom Post Status
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