Post Status Notifier Lite is the #105 ranked post app on WordPress, with a 3.9 average rating from 17 reviews, as of Aug 31, 2026.
Post Status Notifier Lite is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by Timo Reith. With a rating of 3.9★ from 17 reviews, it currently ranks #105 in the Post category.
AppRanks data: Post Status Notifier Lite ranks #105 in Post on WordPress Plugin Directory, placing it in the top 18% of that category.
AppRanks verdict
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Post Status Notifier Lite is a mixed-rating WordPress app with a limited review volume. It is listed in the Post category on WordPress Plugin Directory, which AppRanks treats as the canonical taxonomy node for ranking and competitor comparison. 17 reviews put it in the early-traction tier — useful for early-stage stores willing to be on the leading edge. Early-traction review counts are sensitive to single launch periods or feature events, so a 30-day re-check before bigger commitments often resolves whether the trend is sustained. Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +Published by Timo Reith — established developer track record
Cons
- −Average rating below 4.0 (3.9★) — read recent low-star reviews before committing
- −Limited review base (17) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How Post Status Notifier Lite works
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Notify every WordPress post change! You want to be notified when one of your contributors have submitted a new post for revision or an editor published one? Vice versa you want to notify your contributors when their posts got published?
This is just the beginning of what you can achieve with Post Status Notifier (PSN)!
It works with all kind of custom post types, supports all custom taxonomies like categories and tags other plugins are using. You can grab all these taxonomy values and custom fields attached to a post and use them as placeholders in your custom notification texts. PSN has a powerful conditional template syntax featuring many filters and functions to get the most out of the placeholders!
Define as many notification rules as you need with all kind of settings, like custom CC, BCC and FROM emails addresses. PSN is extensible! Build your custom module to implement a new notification service.
PSN works great with plugins like WP Job Manager (read more), Calendarize.it (read more), Crowdfunding by Astoundify (read more) or Advanced Custom Fields, just to name a few. The possibilities are endless. Want to automate your publishing workflow with Buffer? No problem!
Plugin homepage:
https://www.ifeelweb.de/wp-plugins/post-status-notifier/
Always up-to-date online documentation:
https://docs.ifeelweb.de/post-status-notifier/
FAQ:
https://docs.ifeelweb.de/post-status-notifier/faq.html
Features Get the Premium version for all features
Define custom notification rules
Support for posts, pages and all custom post types
Support for all post status values
Create custom email texts with support for many placeholders
Manipulate placeholders content with filters to completely adjust the output to your needs (uses the filters of the famous PHP template engine Twig / limited to one filter in the Lite version)
WordPress multisite compatible
Premium version: HTML emails / mail templates
Premium version: Mail queue / deferred sending
Premium version: Categories filter: Include or exclude categories (even from custom post types) from notifications
Premium version: Supports SMTP. You find all necessary SMTP settings to connect your SMTP server in the options section.
Premium version: Supports user roles (custom roles too) as email recipients
Premium version: Optional logging: Logs status changes based on your rules
Premium version: Dashboard widget showing the latest log entries (can be disabled)
Premium version: Import / Export of your notification rules
Premium version: Copy rules
Premium version: Conditional template syntax (Manual)
Premium version: Extensible (Manual)
Premium version: Custom sender e-mail. Define the notification sender (FROM) per rule or as a default in the options.
Premium version: Dynamic recipients
Premium version: Late execution to support frontend submission plugins as well as possible
Premium version: Rule trigger limitations
Comprehensive documentation
Included translations: english, german
Support in english and german via Zendesk: ifeelwebde.zendesk.com
Tested on Windows, Mac OS and Linux
Built on our ifeelweb.de WordPress Plugin Framework
The Lite version features two notification rules and one CC email
What customers say “Great plugin, look through maybe 7 plugins until found this one and it is the best.”
– misolek
“just got the pro version and it’s working great, awesome plugin man and thanks for your excellent support”
– nomadone
“This plugin is very intuitive and works great. Very helpful support. Top notch!”
– Rick
“Thank you for your great support – the plugin works great now and has accomplished what 5 other commercial and free plugins couldn’t – to provide simple and configurable email notifications for WP status changes.”
– Jon
“just got the pro version and it’s working great, awesome plugin man and thanks for your excellent support”
– nomadone
Comment-Source
Configuration Go to the new option page Post Status Notifier Lite. Here you can define custom notification rules.
Here you can find a detailed documentation:
https://docs.ifeelweb.de/post-status-notifier/
Info If you find any bugs please use the comments on the plugin’s homepage. Please also contact me for feature requests and ideas how to improve this plugin. Any other reactions are welcome too of course.
Category rankings
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Keyword rankings
Post Status Notifier Lite ranks for 1 keywords across WordPress Plugin Directory. Here are the top 1:
- 1.faqRank #544
Competitors & alternatives
Post Status Notifier Lite doesn't have curated competitor matchups yet. Other tracked post apps on WordPress:
Where Post Status Notifier Lite stands in the Post category
Post Status Notifier Lite ranks #105 of 585 apps in the Post category, placing it in the top 18% of the listing.
Frequently asked questions
What is Post Status Notifier Lite?
Post Status Notifier Lite is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 3.9-star rating from 17 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. It is listed under the Post category on AppRanks, where you can see its current category position, review-velocity trend, and how it compares against the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by Timo Reith.
Who uses Post Status Notifier Lite?
Currently around 700 active stores have installed Post Status Notifier Lite. Its review base is still building, which usually maps to early-stage merchants and stores piloting a new workflow. It is part of the Post category on WordPress.
Where does Post Status Notifier Lite rank on WordPress?
Post Status Notifier Lite currently sits at position #105 in the Post category on WordPress. That places it in the top 18% of 585 apps tracked in the same category. Category positions are read from the live marketplace ranking and refresh on each scrape, so the number you see here reflects the most recent crawl rather than a long-running average.