Make the Status, Visibility, or Date fields opened by default in the Publish box

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This jQuery code seems to work, when added via the admin_footer hook.

  • #submitdiv = the whole Publish metabox
  • .misc-pub-section = each UI section (except the Publish and Save sections)

  • .hide-if-js = the fields that are hidden by default

    $('#submitdiv .misc-pub-section')
    .has("#post-status-display, #timestamp")
    .find('.hide-if-js')
    .toggle();

That will unhide the Status dropdown and the Date picker.