From 75c9d2f562d20c2749ad2c205ce78644b46a17fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sainath Poojary <spoojary614@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 28 May 2026 20:59:43 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Editor: Add original_post_status hidden field to Quick Edit
 rows

---
 src/js/_enqueues/admin/inline-edit-post.js          | 1 +
 src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/js/_enqueues/admin/inline-edit-post.js b/src/js/_enqueues/admin/inline-edit-post.js
index 6e9f4e9f20503..4c13066d02b8d 100644
--- a/src/js/_enqueues/admin/inline-edit-post.js
+++ b/src/js/_enqueues/admin/inline-edit-post.js
@@ -434,6 +434,7 @@ window.wp = window.wp || {};
 		post_date_string += ' ' + $(':input[name="hh"]').val() + ':' + $(':input[name="mn"]').val() + ':' + $(':input[name="ss"]').val();
 		var post_date = new Date( post_date_string );
 		status = $('._status', rowData).text();
+		$(':input[name="original_post_status"]', editRow).val( status );
 		if ( 'future' !== status && Date.now() > post_date ) {
 			$('select[name="_status"] option[value="future"]', editRow).remove();
 		} else {
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php
index 8e09bbeb0b4ff..045b5d95e08e2 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php
@@ -2120,6 +2120,9 @@ public function inline_edit() {
 				<?php endif; ?>
 
 				<input type="hidden" name="post_view" value="<?php echo esc_attr( $m ); ?>" />
+				<?php if ( ! $bulk ) : ?>
+					<input type="hidden" name="original_post_status" value="" />
+				<?php endif; ?>
 				<input type="hidden" name="screen" value="<?php echo esc_attr( $screen->id ); ?>" />
 				<?php if ( ! $bulk && ! post_type_supports( $screen->post_type, 'author' ) ) : ?>
 					<input type="hidden" name="post_author" value="<?php echo esc_attr( $post->post_author ); ?>" />