Contributor can not submit posts

Also, if I turn off Custom Statuses in the plugin settings the Submit for Review button shows up again.

This was a feature with Edit Flow v0.7.2. Previously, contributors could only “Save as Draft” or “Submit for Review.” This feature enabled contributors to save a post as any custom status instead of just restricting them to “Draft” and “Pending”, allowing for more flexible workflows.

Not sure there’s an easy way to bring this back, but maybe take a look at custom-status.js?

Ok yah because currently it is not even letting them change the status to Pending. It’s just save as draft and thats it.

Hrm, do you have a screenshot?

When I create a post as a contributor, I see an “edit” link highlighted in red. When I click it I get a drop down that allows me to save the post as a different status.

Is this not what you’re seeing when you have Custom Statuses enabled?

I don’t see the edit link.

So with Custom Statuses disabled I see this:

But then if I enable it, I see this:

(for Contributors)

Got it. Looks like a theme or another plugin might be causing an issue.
What plugins do you have activated? And what theme? Also, what version of WordPress?

There are several plugins activated but I’ve gone through one by one. We are on 4.5.3 with modified Barcelona theme. I guess it must be a theme conflict

Yea, sounds like it. You may need to modify the Barcelona theme so custom-status.js works properly.