diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/nav-menu.php b/wp-admin/includes/nav-menu.php
index 5f2f2f2ba8..e5f0655c8c 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/nav-menu.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/nav-menu.php
@@ -71,8 +71,12 @@ class Walker_Nav_Menu_Edit extends Walker_Nav_Menu  {
 		$title = $item->title;
 
 		if ( isset( $item->post_status ) && 'draft' == $item->post_status ) {
-			$classes[] = 'pending';
+			$classes[] = 'draft';
 			/* translators: %s: title of menu item in draft status */
+			$title = sprintf( __('%s (Draft)'), $item->title );
+		} elseif ( isset( $item->post_status ) && 'pending' == $item->post_status ) {
+			$classes[] = 'pending';
+			/* translators: %s: title of menu item in pending status */
 			$title = sprintf( __('%s (Pending)'), $item->title );
 		}
 
@@ -194,6 +198,7 @@ class Walker_Nav_Menu_Edit extends Walker_Nav_Menu  {
 				<input class="menu-item-data-object" type="hidden" name="menu-item-object[<?php echo $item_id; ?>]" value="<?php echo esc_attr( $item->object ); ?>" />
 				<input class="menu-item-data-parent-id" type="hidden" name="menu-item-parent-id[<?php echo $item_id; ?>]" value="<?php echo esc_attr( $item->menu_item_parent ); ?>" />
 				<input class="menu-item-data-position" type="hidden" name="menu-item-position[<?php echo $item_id; ?>]" value="<?php echo esc_attr( $item->menu_order ); ?>" />
+				<input class="menu-item-data-status" type="hidden" name="menu-item-status[<?php echo $item_id; ?>]" value="<?php echo esc_attr( $item->post_status ); ?>" />
 				<input class="menu-item-data-type" type="hidden" name="menu-item-type[<?php echo $item_id; ?>]" value="<?php echo esc_attr( $item->type ); ?>" />
 			</div><!-- .menu-item-settings-->
 			<ul class="menu-item-transport"></ul>
@@ -947,7 +952,7 @@ function wp_nav_menu_item_taxonomy_meta_box( $object, $taxonomy ) {
  *
  * @since 3.0.0
  *
- * @param int $menu_id The menu ID for which to save this item. $menu_id of 0 makes a draft, orphaned menu item.
+ * @param int $menu_id The menu ID for which to save this item. $menu_id of 0 makes a pending, orphaned menu item.
  * @param array $menu_data The unsanitized posted menu item data.
  * @return array The database IDs of the items saved
  */
@@ -1079,7 +1084,7 @@ function wp_get_nav_menu_to_edit( $menu_id = 0 ) {
 
 		$some_pending_menu_items = false;
 		foreach( (array) $menu_items as $menu_item ) {
-			if ( isset( $menu_item->post_status ) && 'draft' == $menu_item->post_status )
+			if ( isset( $menu_item->post_status ) && 'pending' == $menu_item->post_status )
 				$some_pending_menu_items = true;
 		}
 
@@ -1117,23 +1122,23 @@ function wp_nav_menu_manage_columns() {
 }
 
 /**
- * Deletes orphaned draft menu items
+ * Deletes orphaned pending menu items
  *
  * @access private
  * @since 3.0.0
  *
  */
-function _wp_delete_orphaned_draft_menu_items() {
+function _wp_delete_orphaned_pending_menu_items() {
 	global $wpdb;
 	$delete_timestamp = time() - (60*60*24*EMPTY_TRASH_DAYS);
 
-	// delete orphaned draft menu items
-	$menu_items_to_delete = $wpdb->get_col($wpdb->prepare("SELECT ID FROM $wpdb->posts AS p LEFT JOIN $wpdb->postmeta AS m ON p.ID = m.post_id WHERE post_type = 'nav_menu_item' AND post_status = 'draft' AND meta_key = '_menu_item_orphaned' AND meta_value < '%d'", $delete_timestamp ) );
+	// delete orphaned pending menu items
+	$menu_items_to_delete = $wpdb->get_col($wpdb->prepare("SELECT ID FROM $wpdb->posts AS p LEFT JOIN $wpdb->postmeta AS m ON p.ID = m.post_id WHERE post_type = 'nav_menu_item' AND post_status = 'pending' AND meta_key = '_menu_item_orphaned' AND meta_value < '%d'", $delete_timestamp ) );
 
 	foreach( (array) $menu_items_to_delete as $menu_item_id )
 		wp_delete_post( $menu_item_id, true );
 }
 
-add_action('admin_head-nav-menus.php', '_wp_delete_orphaned_draft_menu_items');
+add_action('admin_head-nav-menus.php', '_wp_delete_orphaned_pending_menu_items');
 
 ?>
diff --git a/wp-admin/nav-menus.php b/wp-admin/nav-menus.php
index 5b4bd44e00..4c573bdfa4 100644
--- a/wp-admin/nav-menus.php
+++ b/wp-admin/nav-menus.php
@@ -327,13 +327,13 @@ switch ( $action ) {
 			// Update menu items
 
 			if ( ! is_wp_error( $_menu_object ) ) {
-				$unsorted_menu_items = wp_get_nav_menu_items( $nav_menu_selected_id, array('orderby' => 'ID', 'output' => ARRAY_A, 'output_key' => 'ID', 'post_status' => 'draft,publish') );
+				$unsorted_menu_items = wp_get_nav_menu_items( $nav_menu_selected_id, array('orderby' => 'ID', 'output' => ARRAY_A, 'output_key' => 'ID', 'post_status' => 'draft,pending,publish') );
 				$menu_items = array();
 				// Index menu items by db ID
 				foreach( $unsorted_menu_items as $_item )
 					$menu_items[$_item->db_id] = $_item;
 
-				$post_fields = array( 'menu-item-db-id', 'menu-item-object-id', 'menu-item-object', 'menu-item-parent-id', 'menu-item-position', 'menu-item-type', 'menu-item-title', 'menu-item-url', 'menu-item-description', 'menu-item-attr-title', 'menu-item-target', 'menu-item-classes', 'menu-item-xfn' );
+				$post_fields = array( 'menu-item-db-id', 'menu-item-object-id', 'menu-item-object', 'menu-item-parent-id', 'menu-item-position', 'menu-item-type', 'menu-item-title', 'menu-item-url', 'menu-item-description', 'menu-item-attr-title', 'menu-item-status', 'menu-item-target', 'menu-item-classes', 'menu-item-xfn' );
 				wp_defer_term_counting(true);
 				// Loop through all the menu items' POST variables
 				if ( ! empty( $_POST['menu-item-db-id'] ) ) {
diff --git a/wp-includes/default-filters.php b/wp-includes/default-filters.php
index fe180386ee..5bbcdfb44c 100644
--- a/wp-includes/default-filters.php
+++ b/wp-includes/default-filters.php
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ add_action( 'trash_post',                 '_wp_trash_menu_item'            );
 add_action( 'untrash_post',               '_wp_untrash_menu_item'          );
 add_action( 'delete_post',                '_wp_delete_post_menu_item'      );
 add_action( 'delete_term',                '_wp_delete_tax_menu_item'       );
-add_action( 'transition_post_status', '_wp_auto_add_pages_to_menu',  10, 3 );
+add_action( 'transition_post_status', '_wp_menu_changing_status_observer',  10, 3 );
 
 // Post Thumbnail CSS class filtering
 add_action( 'begin_fetch_post_thumbnail_html', '_wp_post_thumbnail_class_filter_add'    );
@@ -255,4 +255,4 @@ add_filter( 'pre_option_gmt_offset','wp_timezone_override_offset' );
 add_action( 'admin_init', 'register_admin_color_schemes', 1);
 add_action( 'admin_color_scheme_picker', 'admin_color_scheme_picker' );
 
-?>
\ No newline at end of file
+?>
diff --git a/wp-includes/nav-menu.php b/wp-includes/nav-menu.php
index dd683f6369..c61edc6db4 100644
--- a/wp-includes/nav-menu.php
+++ b/wp-includes/nav-menu.php
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ function wp_update_nav_menu_object( $menu_id = 0, $menu_data = array() ) {
  *
  * @since 3.0.0
  *
- * @param int $menu_id The ID of the menu. Required. If "0", makes the menu item a draft orphan.
+ * @param int $menu_id The ID of the menu. Required. If "0", makes the menu item a pending orphan.
  * @param int $menu_item_db_id The ID of the menu item. If "0", creates a new menu item.
  * @param array $menu_item_data The menu item's data.
  * @return int The menu item's database ID or WP_Error object on failure.
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ function wp_update_nav_menu_item( $menu_id = 0, $menu_item_db_id = 0, $menu_item
 	if ( ( ! $menu && 0 !== $menu_id ) || is_wp_error( $menu ) )
 		return $menu;
 
-	$menu_items = 0 == $menu_id ? array() : (array) wp_get_nav_menu_items( $menu_id, array( 'post_status' => 'publish,draft' ) );
+	$menu_items = 0 == $menu_id ? array() : (array) wp_get_nav_menu_items( $menu_id, array( 'post_status' => 'draft,pending,publish' ) );
 
 	$count = count( $menu_items );
 
@@ -339,10 +339,10 @@ function wp_update_nav_menu_item( $menu_id = 0, $menu_item_db_id = 0, $menu_item
 	if ( 0 != $menu_id )
 		$post['tax_input'] = array( 'nav_menu' => array( intval( $menu->term_id ) ) );
 
-	// New menu item. Default is draft status
+	// New menu item. Default is pending status
 	if ( 0 == $menu_item_db_id ) {
 		$post['ID'] = 0;
-		$post['post_status'] = 'publish' == $args['menu-item-status'] ? 'publish' : 'draft';
+		$post['post_status'] = 'publish' == $args['menu-item-status'] ? 'publish' : 'pending';
 		$menu_item_db_id = wp_insert_post( $post );
 
 	// Update existing menu item. Default is publish status
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ function _wp_trash_menu_item( $object_id = 0 ) {
 
 	foreach( (array) $menu_item_ids as $menu_item_id ) {
 		$menu_item = get_post( $menu_item_id, ARRAY_A );
-		$menu_item['post_status'] = 'draft';
+		$menu_item['post_status'] = 'pending';
 		wp_insert_post($menu_item);
 	}
 }
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ function _wp_delete_tax_menu_item( $object_id = 0 ) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Automatically add newly published page objects to menus with that as an option.
+ * Modify a navigational menu upon post object status change, if appropos.
  *
  * @since 3.0.0
  * @access private
@@ -745,34 +745,62 @@ function _wp_delete_tax_menu_item( $object_id = 0 ) {
  * @param object $post The post object being transitioned from one status to another.
  * @return void
  */
-function _wp_auto_add_pages_to_menu( $new_status, $old_status, $post ) {
-	if ( 'publish' != $new_status || 'publish' == $old_status || 'page' != $post->post_type )
-		return;
-	if ( ! empty( $post->post_parent ) )
-		return;
-	$auto_add = get_option( 'nav_menu_options' );
-	if ( empty( $auto_add ) || ! is_array( $auto_add ) || ! isset( $auto_add['auto_add'] ) )
-		return;
-	$auto_add = $auto_add['auto_add'];
-	if ( empty( $auto_add ) || ! is_array( $auto_add ) )
-		return;
+function _wp_menu_changing_status_observer( $new_status, $old_status, $post ) {
+	// append new top-level page objects to a menu for which that option is selected
+	if ( 
+		'publish' == $new_status && 
+		'publish' != $old_status && 
+		'page' == $post->post_type && 
+		empty( $post->post_parent )
+	) {
+		$auto_add = get_option( 'nav_menu_options' );
+		if ( 
+			isset( $auto_add['auto_add'] ) &&
+			is_array( $auto_add['auto_add'] ) 
+		) {
+			$args = array(
+				'menu-item-object-id' => $post->ID,
+				'menu-item-object' => $post->post_type,
+				'menu-item-type' => 'post_type',
+				'menu-item-status' => 'publish',
+			);
 
-	$args = array(
-		'menu-item-object-id' => $post->ID,
-		'menu-item-object' => $post->post_type,
-		'menu-item-type' => 'post_type',
-		'menu-item-status' => 'publish',
-	);
-
-	foreach ( $auto_add as $menu_id ) {
-		$items = wp_get_nav_menu_items( $menu_id, array( 'post_status' => 'publish,draft' ) );
-		if ( ! is_array( $items ) )
-			continue;
-		foreach ( $items as $item ) {
-			if ( $post->ID == $item->object_id )
-				continue 2;
+			foreach ( $auto_add['auto_add'] as $menu_id ) {
+				$items = wp_get_nav_menu_items( $menu_id, array( 'post_status' => 'draft,pending,publish' ) );
+				if ( ! is_array( $items ) )
+					continue;
+				foreach ( $items as $item ) {
+					if ( $post->ID == $item->object_id )
+						continue 2;
+				}
+				wp_update_nav_menu_item( $menu_id, 0, $args );
+			}
+		}
+	} 
+	
+	// give menu items draft status if their associated post objects change from "publish" to "draft", or vice versa (draft item being re-published)
+	if ( 
+		! empty( $post->ID ) &&
+		( 
+			( 'publish' == $old_status && 'draft' == $new_status ) ||
+			( 'draft' == $old_status && 'publish' == $new_status ) 
+		)
+	) {
+		$menu_items = get_posts(array(
+			'meta_key' => '_menu_item_object_id',
+			'meta_value' => $post->ID,
+			'post_status' => 'any',
+			'post_type' => 'nav_menu_item',
+		));
+
+		foreach( (array) $menu_items as $menu_item ) {
+			if ( ! empty( $menu_item->ID ) ) {
+				$properties = get_object_vars( $menu_item );
+				$properties['post_status'] = $new_status;
+
+				wp_insert_post( $properties );
+			}
 		}
-		wp_update_nav_menu_item( $menu_id, 0, $args );
 	}
 }