obvious-post-states/obvious-post-states.php

<?php

/*
Plugin Name: Obvious Post States
Plugin URI: http://sevenbold.com/wordpress/
Description: Make your WordPress post state text (draft, pending, sticky, etc) stand out.
Author: Ryan Sommers
Version: 1.0.2
Author URI: http://ryansommers.com
*/

function obvious_post_states_files() {
  wp_enqueue_style( 'obvious-post-states', plugins_url('obvious-post-states.css', __FILE__) );
  wp_enqueue_script( 'obvious-post-states', plugins_url( "js/obvious-post-states.js", __FILE__ ), array( 'jquery' ), '1.0.0', true );
}
add_action( 'admin_enqueue_scripts', 'obvious_post_states_files' );
add_action( 'login_enqueue_scripts', 'obvious_post_states_files' );

// Remove the hyphen before the post state
add_filter( 'display_post_states', 'obvious_post_states_post_state' );
function obvious_post_states_post_state( $post_states ) {
	if ( !empty($post_states) ) {
		$state_count = count($post_states);
		$i = 0;
		foreach ( $post_states as $state ) {
			++$i;
			( $i == $state_count ) ? $sep = '' : $sep = '';
			echo "<span class='post-state'>$state$sep</span>";
		}
	}
}

?>