diff --git a/lib/discourse-publish.php b/lib/discourse-publish.php
index 3bae97a2..c83d8eaa 100644
--- a/lib/discourse-publish.php
+++ b/lib/discourse-publish.php
@@ -124,11 +124,11 @@ protected function exclude_post( $post_id, $post ) {
 		$publish_status_not_set = 'publish' !== get_post_status( $post_id );
 		$publish_private        = apply_filters( 'wpdc_publish_private_post', false, $post_id );
 		return wp_is_post_revision( $post_id )
-			 || ( $publish_status_not_set && ! $publish_private )
-			 || $plugin_unconfigured
-			 || empty( $post->post_title )
-			 || ! $this->is_valid_sync_post_type( $post_id )
-			 || $this->has_excluded_tag( $post );
+			|| ( $publish_status_not_set && ! $publish_private )
+			|| $plugin_unconfigured
+			|| empty( $post->post_title )
+			|| ! $this->is_valid_sync_post_type( $post_id )
+			|| $this->has_excluded_tag( $post );
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -142,6 +142,10 @@ protected function exclude_post( $post_id, $post ) {
 	 * @return bool
 	 */
 	protected function auto_publish( $post_id ) {
+    // Don't auto-publish quick edits.
+    if ( $this->quick_edit() ) {
+				return false;
+    }
 		// If the auto-publish option is enabled publish unpublished topics, unless the setting has been overridden.
 		$auto_publish_overridden = intval( $this->dc_get_post_meta( $post_id, 'wpdc_auto_publish_overridden', true ) ) === 1;
 		return ! $auto_publish_overridden && ! empty( $this->options['auto-publish'] );
@@ -872,6 +876,15 @@ public function topic_blog_id_exists( $topic_id ) {
 		return $row ? true : false;
 	}
 
+    /**
+     * Determines if request is a quick edit.
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function quick_edit() {
+		return check_ajax_referer( 'inlineeditnonce', '_inline_edit', false );
+    }
+
 	/**
 	 * Gets post metadata via wp method, or directly from db, depending on the direct-db-publication-flags option.
 	 *
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/test-discourse-publish.php b/tests/phpunit/test-discourse-publish.php
index 49a3bea5..c93d6ee6 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/test-discourse-publish.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/test-discourse-publish.php
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ public function setUp(): void {
 		$this->publish->setup_logger();
 	}
 
-	 /**
-	  * Sync_to_discourse handles new posts correctly.
-	  */
+	/**
+	 * Sync_to_discourse handles new posts correctly.
+	 */
 	public function test_sync_to_discourse_when_creating() {
 		// Set up a response body for creating a new post.
 		$body                = $this->mock_remote_post_success( 'post_create', 'POST' );
@@ -853,12 +853,12 @@ public function test_force_publish_max_age_prevents_older_posts_from_being_publi
 		wp_delete_post( $post_id );
 	}
 
-  /**
-   * Test that HTML entities are converted to their special characters.
-   */
-  public function test_conversion_of_html_entities_in_title() {
-		$title_with_entities = 'Title with & and –';
-		$title_with_decoded_entities = 'Title with & and –';
+    /**
+     * Test that HTML entities are converted to their special characters.
+     */
+    public function test_conversion_of_html_entities_in_title() {
+		$title_with_entities           = 'Title with & and –';
+		$title_with_decoded_entities   = 'Title with & and –';
 		self::$post_atts['post_title'] = $title_with_entities;
 
 		$response         = $this->build_response( 'success' );
@@ -891,7 +891,7 @@ function ( $prempt, $args, $url ) use ( $response, $title_with_decoded_entities
 
 		// Cleanup.
 		wp_delete_post( $post_id );
-  }
+    }
 
 	/**
 	 * Posts can only be published via XMLRPC by hooking into the wp_discourse_before_xmlrpc_publish filter with a function
@@ -943,6 +943,31 @@ public function test_xmlrpc_publish_failure_notification() {
 		wp_delete_post( $post_id );
 	}
 
+    /**
+     * When the auto-publish option is enabled, quick edits of un-published posts are not published
+     */
+    public function test_quick_edits_of_unpublished_posts() {
+		$plugin_options                 = self::$plugin_options;
+		$plugin_options['auto-publish'] = 1;
+
+		$publish = \Mockery::mock( $this->publish )->makePartial();
+		$publish->setup_options( $plugin_options );
+
+		$post_atts = self::$post_atts;
+		$post_id   = wp_insert_post( $post_atts, false, false );
+
+		$publish->shouldReceive( 'quick_edit' )->andReturn( true );
+
+		$post = get_post( $post_id );
+		$publish->publish_post_after_save( $post_id, $post );
+
+		$publish->shouldNotReceive( 'sync_to_discourse' );
+
+		$this->assertEmpty( get_post_meta( $post_id, 'discourse_post_id', true ) );
+
+		wp_delete_post( $post_id );
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Successful remote_post request returns original response.
 	 */