diff --git a/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/pages/action_menu/delete.html b/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/pages/action_menu/delete.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8de2eb34d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/pages/action_menu/delete.html
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+{% load i18n %}
+<li><a href="{% url 'wagtailadmin_pages:delete' page.id %}" class="shortcut">{% trans 'Delete' %}</a></li>
diff --git a/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/pages/action_menu/menu.html b/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/pages/action_menu/menu.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9656d3cd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/pages/action_menu/menu.html
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{% if show_menu %}
+    <div class="dropdown-toggle icon icon-arrow-up"></div>
+    <ul role="menu">
+        {% for item in rendered_menu_items %}{{ item }}{% endfor %}
+    </ul>
+{% endif %}
diff --git a/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/pages/action_menu/publish.html b/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/pages/action_menu/publish.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..34f01b3a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/pages/action_menu/publish.html
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{% load i18n %}
+<li>
+    <button type="submit" name="action-publish" value="action-publish" class="button button-longrunning {% if is_revision %}warning{% endif %}" tabindex="3" data-clicked-text="{% trans 'Publishing…' %}"><span class="icon icon-spinner"></span><em>{% if is_revision %}{% trans 'Publish this revision' %}{% else %}{% trans 'Publish' %}{% endif %}</em></button>
+</li>
diff --git a/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/pages/action_menu/submit_for_moderation.html b/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/pages/action_menu/submit_for_moderation.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6ff80dd51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/pages/action_menu/submit_for_moderation.html
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+{% load i18n %}
+<li><input type="submit" name="action-submit" value="{% trans 'Submit for moderation' %}" class="button" /></li>
diff --git a/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/pages/action_menu/unpublish.html b/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/pages/action_menu/unpublish.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c15f81d96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/pages/action_menu/unpublish.html
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+{% load i18n %}
+<li><a href="{% url 'wagtailadmin_pages:unpublish' page.id %}">{% trans 'Unpublish' %}</a></li>
diff --git a/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/pages/create.html b/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/pages/create.html
index 6a4f88e71..538b17572 100644
--- a/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/pages/create.html
+++ b/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/pages/create.html
@@ -23,21 +23,12 @@
         <input type="hidden" name="next" value="{{ next }}">
         {{ edit_handler.render_form_content }}
 
-        {% page_permissions parent_page as parent_page_perms %}
         <footer>
             <ul>
                 <li class="actions">
                     <div class="dropdown dropup dropdown-button match-width">
                         <button type="submit" class="button action-save button-longrunning" tabindex="3" data-clicked-text="{% trans 'Saving…' %}"><span class="icon icon-spinner"></span><em>{% trans 'Save draft' %}</em></button>
-                        <div class="dropdown-toggle icon icon-arrow-up"></div>
-                        <ul role="menu">
-                            {% if parent_page_perms.can_publish_subpage %}
-                                <li>
-                                    <button type="submit" name="action-publish" value="action-publish" class="button button-longrunning" tabindex="3" data-clicked-text="{% trans 'Publishing…' %}" {% if page.locked %}disabled {% endif %}><span class="icon icon-spinner"></span><em>{% trans 'Publish' %}</em></button>
-                                </li>
-                            {% endif %}
-                            <li><input type="submit" name="action-submit" value="{% trans 'Submit for moderation' %}" class="button" /></li>
-                        </ul>
+                        {% page_action_menu action_menu_items view='create' parent_page=parent_page %}
                     </div>
                 </li>
 
diff --git a/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/pages/edit.html b/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/pages/edit.html
index 2fc7743f5..79ada04bb 100644
--- a/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/pages/edit.html
+++ b/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/pages/edit.html
@@ -40,25 +40,7 @@
                     <div class="dropdown dropup dropdown-button match-width {% if is_revision %}warning{% endif %}">
                         <button type="submit" class="button action-save button-longrunning {% if is_revision %}warning{% endif %}" tabindex="3" data-clicked-text="{% trans 'Saving…' %}" {% if page.locked %}disabled {% endif %}><span class="icon icon-spinner"></span><em>{% if page.locked %}{% trans 'Page locked' %}{% else %}{% if is_revision %}{% trans 'Replace current draft' %}{% else %}{% trans 'Save draft' %}{% endif %}{% endif %}</em></button>
 
-                        {% if not page.locked %}
-                            <div class="dropdown-toggle icon icon-arrow-up"></div>
-                            <ul role="menu">
-                                {% if not is_revision and page_perms.can_unpublish %}
-                                    <li><a href="{% url 'wagtailadmin_pages:unpublish' page.id %}">{% trans 'Unpublish' %}</a></li>
-                                {% endif %}
-                                {% if not is_revision and page_perms.can_delete %}
-                                    <li><a href="{% url 'wagtailadmin_pages:delete' page.id %}" class="shortcut">{% trans 'Delete' %}</a></li>
-                                {% endif %}
-                                {% if page_perms.can_publish %}
-                                    <li>
-                                        <button type="submit" name="action-publish" value="action-publish" class="button button-longrunning {% if is_revision %}warning{% endif %}" tabindex="3" data-clicked-text="{% trans 'Publishing…' %}" {% if page.locked %}disabled {% endif %}><span class="icon icon-spinner"></span><em>{% if is_revision %}{% trans 'Publish this revision' %}{% else %}{% trans 'Publish' %}{% endif %}</em></button>
-                                    </li>
-                                {% endif %}
-                                {% if not is_revision %}
-                                    <li><input type="submit" name="action-submit" value="{% trans 'Submit for moderation' %}" class="button" /></li>
-                                {% endif %}
-                            </ul>
-                        {% endif %}
+                        {% page_action_menu action_menu_items view=view_type page=page %}
                     </div>
                 </li>
 
diff --git a/wagtail/admin/templatetags/wagtailadmin_tags.py b/wagtail/admin/templatetags/wagtailadmin_tags.py
index 6392477e4..89fdcd278 100644
--- a/wagtail/admin/templatetags/wagtailadmin_tags.py
+++ b/wagtail/admin/templatetags/wagtailadmin_tags.py
@@ -113,6 +113,15 @@ def widgettype(bound_field):
             return ""
 
 
+def _get_user_page_permissions(context):
+    # Create a UserPagePermissionsProxy object to represent the user's global permissions, and
+    # cache it in the context for the duration of the page request, if one does not exist already
+    if 'user_page_permissions' not in context:
+        context['user_page_permissions'] = UserPagePermissionsProxy(context['request'].user)
+
+    return context['user_page_permissions']
+
+
 @register.simple_tag(takes_context=True)
 def page_permissions(context, page):
     """
@@ -120,13 +129,7 @@ def page_permissions(context, page):
     Sets the variable 'page_perms' to a PagePermissionTester object that can be queried to find out
     what actions the current logged-in user can perform on the given page.
     """
-    # Create a UserPagePermissionsProxy object to represent the user's global permissions, and
-    # cache it in the context for the duration of the page request, if one does not exist already
-    if 'user_page_permissions' not in context:
-        context['user_page_permissions'] = UserPagePermissionsProxy(context['request'].user)
-
-    # Now retrieve a PagePermissionTester from it, specific to the given page
-    return context['user_page_permissions'].for_page(page)
+    return _get_user_page_permissions(context).for_page(page)
 
 
 @register.simple_tag(takes_context=True)
@@ -392,3 +395,24 @@ def avatar_url(user, size=50):
             return gravatar_url
 
     return static('wagtailadmin/images/default-user-avatar.png')
+
+
+@register.inclusion_tag("wagtailadmin/pages/action_menu/menu.html", takes_context=True)
+def page_action_menu(context, menu_items, **kwargs):
+    menu_item_context = kwargs
+    menu_item_context.update({
+        'user_page_permissions': _get_user_page_permissions(context),
+    })
+
+    visible_menu_items = [
+        menu_item for menu_item in menu_items
+        if menu_item.is_shown(context['request'], menu_item_context)
+    ]
+
+    return {
+        'show_menu': bool(visible_menu_items),
+        'rendered_menu_items': [
+            menu_item.render_html(context['request'], menu_item_context)
+            for menu_item in visible_menu_items
+        ]
+    }
diff --git a/wagtail/admin/views/pages.py b/wagtail/admin/views/pages.py
index 5a5fef919..fe0ccff48 100644
--- a/wagtail/admin/views/pages.py
+++ b/wagtail/admin/views/pages.py
@@ -28,6 +28,92 @@ from wagtail.search.query import MATCH_ALL
 from wagtail.utils.pagination import paginate
 
 
+class ActionMenuItem:
+    """Defines an item in the actions drop-up on the page creation/edit view"""
+    def is_shown(self, request, context):
+        """
+        Whether this action should be shown on this request; permission checks etc should go here.
+        By default, actions are shown for unlocked pages, hidden for locked pages
+
+        request = the current request object
+
+        context = dictionary containing at least:
+            'view' = 'create', 'edit' or 'revisions_revert'
+            'page' (if view = 'edit' or 'revisions_revert') = the page being edited
+            'parent_page' (if view = 'create') = the parent page of the page being created
+            'user_page_permissions' = a UserPagePermissionsProxy for the current user, to test permissions against
+        """
+        return (context['view'] == 'create' or not context['page'].locked)
+
+    def get_context(self, request, parent_context):
+        """Defines context for the template, overridable to use more data"""
+        return parent_context.copy()
+
+    def render_html(self, request, parent_context):
+        context = self.get_context(request, parent_context)
+        return render_to_string(self.template, context, request=request)
+
+
+class PublishMenuItem(ActionMenuItem):
+    template = 'wagtailadmin/pages/action_menu/publish.html'
+
+    def is_shown(self, request, context):
+        if context['view'] == 'create':
+            return context['user_page_permissions'].for_page(context['parent_page']).can_publish_subpage()
+        else:  # view == 'edit' or 'revisions_revert'
+            return (
+                not context['page'].locked and
+                context['user_page_permissions'].for_page(context['page']).can_publish()
+            )
+
+    def get_context(self, request, parent_context):
+        context = super().get_context(request, parent_context)
+        context['is_revision'] = (context['view'] == 'revisions_revert')
+        return context
+
+
+class SubmitForModerationMenuItem(ActionMenuItem):
+    template = 'wagtailadmin/pages/action_menu/submit_for_moderation.html'
+
+    def is_shown(self, request, context):
+        if context['view'] == 'create':
+            return True
+        elif context['view'] == 'edit':
+            return not context['page'].locked
+        else:  # context == revisions_revert
+            return False
+
+
+class UnpublishMenuItem(ActionMenuItem):
+    template = 'wagtailadmin/pages/action_menu/unpublish.html'
+
+    def is_shown(self, request, context):
+        return (
+            context['view'] == 'edit' and
+            not context['page'].locked and
+            context['user_page_permissions'].for_page(context['page']).can_unpublish()
+        )
+
+
+class DeleteMenuItem(ActionMenuItem):
+    template = 'wagtailadmin/pages/action_menu/delete.html'
+
+    def is_shown(self, request, context):
+        return (
+            context['view'] == 'edit' and
+            not context['page'].locked and
+            context['user_page_permissions'].for_page(context['page']).can_delete()
+        )
+
+
+ACTION_MENU_ITEMS = [
+    UnpublishMenuItem(),
+    DeleteMenuItem(),
+    PublishMenuItem(),
+    SubmitForModerationMenuItem(),
+]
+
+
 def get_valid_next_url_from_request(request):
     next_url = request.POST.get('next') or request.GET.get('next')
     if not next_url or not is_safe_url(url=next_url, allowed_hosts={request.get_host()}):
@@ -303,6 +389,7 @@ def create(request, content_type_app_name, content_type_model_name, parent_page_
         'page_class': page_class,
         'parent_page': parent_page,
         'edit_handler': edit_handler,
+        'action_menu_items': ACTION_MENU_ITEMS,
         'preview_modes': page.preview_modes,
         'form': form,
         'next': next_url,
@@ -526,11 +613,13 @@ def edit(request, page_id):
         page_for_status = page
 
     return render(request, 'wagtailadmin/pages/edit.html', {
+        'view_type': 'edit',
         'page': page,
         'page_for_status': page_for_status,
         'content_type': content_type,
         'edit_handler': edit_handler,
         'errors_debug': errors_debug,
+        'action_menu_items': ACTION_MENU_ITEMS,
         'preview_modes': page.preview_modes,
         'form': form,
         'next': next_url,
@@ -1134,12 +1223,14 @@ def revisions_revert(request, page_id, revision_id):
     ))
 
     return render(request, 'wagtailadmin/pages/edit.html', {
+        'view_type': 'revisions_revert',
         'page': page,
         'revision': revision,
         'is_revision': True,
         'content_type': content_type,
         'edit_handler': edit_handler,
         'errors_debug': None,
+        'action_menu_items': ACTION_MENU_ITEMS,
         'preview_modes': page.preview_modes,
         'form': form,  # Used in unit tests
     })