Sometime the default WordPress Admin panel can become a bit boring. If you want to jazz it up and want to show custom background color for each post status then following snippet of code can help. Just paste it in your theme’s functions.php and change the color accordingly
function whe_posts_status_color(){ ?> <style> .status-draft{background: #FCE3F2 !important;} .status-pending{background: #87C5D6 !important;} .status-publish{/* default color works best here */} .status-future{background: #C6EBF5 !important;} .status-private{background:#F2D46F;} </style> <?php } add_action('admin_footer','whe_posts_status_color');