diff --git a/docs/en/index.md b/docs/en/index.md
index be9610e..c565963 100644
--- a/docs/en/index.md
+++ b/docs/en/index.md
@@ -106,6 +106,17 @@ class Item extends DataObject {
 }
 ```
 
+### Versioning
+By default `GridFieldOrderableRows` will handle versioning but won't automatically publish any records. The user will need to go into each record and publish them manually which could get cumbersome for large lists.
+
+You can configure the list to automatically publish a record if the record is the latest version and is already published. This won't publish any records which have draft changes.
+
+```php
+$orderable = GridFieldOrderableRows::create()->setRepublishLiveRecords(true);
+```
+
+There are caveats with both approaches so consideration should be made for which approach best suits the requirements.
+
 **Please NOTE:** There is a limitation when using `GridFieldOrderableRows` on unsaved data objects; namely, that it doesn't work as without data being saved, the list of related objects has no context. Please check `$this->ID` before adding the `GridFieldOrderableRows` component to the grid field config (or even, before adding the gridfield at all). 
 
 Configurable Paginator
diff --git a/src/GridFieldOrderableRows.php b/src/GridFieldOrderableRows.php
index 6b3d8bb..3c4efde 100755
--- a/src/GridFieldOrderableRows.php
+++ b/src/GridFieldOrderableRows.php
@@ -82,6 +82,15 @@ class GridFieldOrderableRows extends RequestHandler implements
      */
     protected $extraSortFields = null;
 
+    /**
+     * If the items in the list are versioned and this is set to true, then
+     * we will check to see if the version we're sorting is the latest published
+     * version and if so then we will re-publish the item.
+     *
+     * @var boolean
+     */
+    protected $republishLiveRecords = false;
+
     /**
      * The number of the column containing the reorder handles
      *
@@ -147,6 +156,28 @@ public function getExtraSortFields()
         return $this->extraSortFields;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @see $republishLiveRecords
+     *
+     * @return boolean
+     */
+    public function getRepublishLiveRecords()
+    {
+        return $this->republishLiveRecords;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @see $republishLiveRecords
+     *
+     * @param boolean $bool
+     * @return GridFieldOrderableRows $this
+     */
+    public function setRepublishLiveRecords($bool)
+    {
+        $this->republishLiveRecords = $bool;
+        return $this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Checks to see if the relationship list is for a type of many_many
      *
@@ -628,7 +659,15 @@ protected function reorderItems($list, array $values, array $sortedIDs)
 
                 if ($record->$sortField != $newSortValue) {
                     $record->$sortField = $newSortValue;
+
+                    // We need to do this before writing otherwith isLiveVersion() will always be false
+                    $shouldRepublish = $this->getRepublishLiveRecords() && $record->isLiveVersion();
+
+                    // Write our staged record and publish if required
                     $record->write();
+                    if ($shouldRepublish) {
+                        $record->copyVersionToStage(Versioned::DRAFT, Versioned::LIVE, true);
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }