Ticket #19415: 19415.diff

src/wp-includes/default-filters.php

@@ -267 +267 @@
 add_action( 'delete_post',                '_wp_delete_post_menu_item'         );
 add_action( 'delete_term',                '_wp_delete_tax_menu_item',   10, 3 );
 add_action( 'transition_post_status',     '_wp_auto_add_pages_to_menu', 10, 3 );
+add_action( 'transition_post_status',     '_wp_auto_remove_posts_from_menu', 10, 3 );
 
 // Post Thumbnail CSS class filtering
 add_action( 'begin_fetch_post_thumbnail_html', '_wp_post_thumbnail_class_filter_add'    );

src/wp-includes/nav-menu.php

@@ -898 +898 @@
                 wp_update_nav_menu_item( $menu_id, 0, $args );
         }
 }
+
+/**
+ * Automatically remove post objects from nav menus when transitioned to a non public status.
+ *
+ * @since 4.2.0
+ * @access private
+ *
+ * @param string $new_status The new status of the post object.
+ * @param string $old_status The old status of the post object.
+ * @param object $post The post object being transitioned from one status to another.
+ * @return void
+ */
+function _wp_auto_remove_posts_from_menu( $new_status, $old_status, $post ) {
+        if ( ! in_array( $new_status, array( 'private', 'draft', 'trash', 'future' ) ) ) {
+                return;
+        }
+
+        _wp_delete_post_menu_item( $post->ID );
+}