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