[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #13822: Menu items that get unpublished still appear

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#13822: Menu items that get unpublished still appear
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 Reporter:  nacin                                |       Owner:  nacin
     Type:  defect (bug)                         |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  Future
                                                 |  Release
Component:  Menus                                |     Version:  3.0
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  good-first-bug has-test-info has-    |     Focuses:
  patch                                          |
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Comment (by alechgm):

 I have tested this patch on a fresh WordPress core development environment
 using Docker.

 Environment details:
 - WordPress Version: 7.1.0-alpha
 - PHP: 8.3.30
 - Theme: Twenty Twenty (Classic Theme)
 - OS: Windows (WSL2)

 Steps taken:
 1. Created a new page named "Ghost Page" and set it to 'publish'.
 2. Created a custom menu, added "Ghost Page" to it, and assigned it to the
 'Primary' location.
 3. Changed "Ghost Page" status to 'Draft'.
 4. Verified that the menu item remained visible on the frontend (bug
 confirmed).
 5. Applied the patch to `src/wp-includes/nav-menu.php`.
 6. Verified that the "Ghost Page" menu item is now correctly hidden from
 the frontend for non-logged-in users.

 The patch works as expected and prevents unpublished content from
 cluttering the navigation menus.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/13822#comment:61>
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