If you’re using custom post statuses, Relevanssi requires some tinkering. By default, Relevanssi only handles posts that are of status publish, pending, draft or private.

Relevanssi has a filter that lets you add more statuses to the list of acceptable statuses for Relevanssi. Add this to your site:

function rlv_add_status( $status_array ) {
    $status_array[] = 'new_status';
    return $status_array;
}
add_filter( 'relevanssi_valid_status', 'rlv_add_status' );
add_filter( 'relevanssi_valid_admin_status', 'rlv_add_status' );

This function, added to the two filters, makes Relevanssi accept the status new_status.

You also need to let search know that it’s ok to show these posts to users, using the relevanssi_post_ok filter hook:

add_filter( 'relevanssi_post_ok', 'rlv_allow_custom_status', 11, 2 );
function rlv_allow_custom_status( $post_ok, $post_id ) {
    $status = relevanssi_get_post_status( $post_id );
    if ( 'new_status' === $status ) {
      $post_ok = true;
    }
    return $post_ok;
}

With these functions, Relevanssi will now work with the status new_status.