For the impatient ones, first the code:
(in wp-admin folder, open the file menu.php) and locate the code:

$submenu[’edit.php’][10]  = array( _x(’Add New’, ’post’), ’edit_posts’, ’post-new.php’ );

and add the below:

$submenu[’edit.php’][7]  = array( _x(’Pending’, ’post’), ’edit_posts’, ’edit.php?post_status=pending&post_type=post’ );

And now the explanation and why do you need this 🙂

Problem:

There is no direct mechanism to access the pending posts in WP admin. I generally post through email and mark them as pending. So, whenever I go to my admin POSTs page, I will look through the list of pending items and post them as and when required. For this, when I am done with changes in one item, I need to either modify the address bar or need to go to posts link and then click the Pending items.

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