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Extended Post Status

This plugin provides the option to add new statuses to the backend and define the system relevant status settings. You can add/edit statuses just as c …

By Felix W.·Post·Free
4.5(11 reviews)
·1.0K+ active installs·Updated 8 months ago
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As of April 2026, Extended Post Status is a WordPress post plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 4.5/5 rating from 11 reviews. It has been downloaded 26K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.9+ and PHP 7.2+. Available on WordPress.org since 2018. Downloads are down 6% this week. Top alternative: Header and Footer Scripts.

4.5/511 reviews
1.0K+active installs
26K+total downloads
8 yearssince 2018

Overview

This plugin provides the option to add new statuses to the backend and define the system relevant status settings. You can add/edit statuses just as categories or tags. All statuses are available for all your post types.

You will find a new menu item located in the settings admin menu.

For the sake of understanding, this plugin minimally changes messages, translations and workflow in Gutenberg Editor!

Read full description on WordPress.org

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Ratings & Reviews

4.511 reviews
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Recent Reviews

Lots of trouble with it in latest WP/Gutenberg
by evanltd·1 year ago·2 replies

Very straightforward plugin to set up, and probably worked great in the older days. But unfortunately it’s too glitchy to use with the latest Gutenberg editor. Custom statuses won’t show up the newly reworked post status pane (WP 6.6+), but do show up lower down in a separate pane. It also messes up the behavior of the Save/Update/Publish button in the editor to the point where I’m totally baffled about what it does anymore. For example, if you make a change to a DRAFT or PENDING post, there’s no longer an UPDATE button. There’s a SAVE button, but it behaves erratically—like automatically publishes things without warning. So I find it unfit for public use at this point.

It broke WP framework
by dewinbrush·2 years ago·1 reply

It looks Taxonomy/Filter and Post Deactivation has some bug.

Edit: It looks need to speak with Developer

  • This topic was modified 2 years, 10 months ago by dewinbrush.
Extremely useful
by vcpaige·2 years ago

I wasn’t able to achieve this functionality with my own coding, but this plugin does the job! It really helps smooth out a complicated workflow.

Supports woocommerce products too
by roadlink·3 years ago

I use it for woocommerce products and works great for now.

Great plugin
by hoseferrera·4 years ago·1 reply

“just” a perfect plugin.
I tried to put together the code for this feature myself, but some parts didn’t want to come together.
I should have found this plugin first.
thanks to the developer!

Download Trends

Today: 6Yesterday: 14This week: 60Period total: 4K

Compatibility

WordPress4.9+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5
PHP7.2+ required

Version Adoption

v1.0
100.0%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.0.21

  • [Fixed] PHP incorrect calling of _load_textdomain_just_in_time
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Felix W.Felix W.
Plugin Info
Version
1.0.21
Last Updated
Jul 25, 2025
WP Requires
4.9+
Tested Up To
6.8.5
PHP Requires
7.2+
Active Installs
1.0K+
Downloads
26K+
Added
Nov 28, 2018
Business
Free

Tags

poststatusextendedstatusespublishing

Developer

F
Felix W.
2 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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