diff --git a/core/modules/menu_ui/config/schema/menu_ui.schema.yml b/core/modules/menu_ui/config/schema/menu_ui.schema.yml
index 0ec16221aad46a608d1d1f8822673322e317b94a..cfc308cb00aa4157635c01a165bc4927d2290598 100644
--- a/core/modules/menu_ui/config/schema/menu_ui.schema.yml
+++ b/core/modules/menu_ui/config/schema/menu_ui.schema.yml
@@ -23,3 +23,6 @@ node.type.*.third_party.menu_ui:
     parent:
       type: string
       label: 'Parent'
+    link_by_default:
+      type: boolean
+      label: 'Provide menu link by default'
diff --git a/core/modules/menu_ui/js/menu_ui.admin.js b/core/modules/menu_ui/js/menu_ui.admin.js
index 9507b8d15ec8e0f638153fbcc955fb93f7f87aad..72f74f487ab2d33f238649f60ff370b2395c5bb2 100644
--- a/core/modules/menu_ui/js/menu_ui.admin.js
+++ b/core/modules/menu_ui/js/menu_ui.admin.js
@@ -18,7 +18,11 @@
         Drupal.menuUiUpdateParentList();
 
         // Update list of available parent menu items.
-        $menu.on('change', 'input', Drupal.menuUiUpdateParentList);
+        $menu.on(
+          'change',
+          '.available-menus input',
+          Drupal.menuUiUpdateParentList,
+        );
       }
     },
   };
diff --git a/core/modules/menu_ui/menu_ui.post_update.php b/core/modules/menu_ui/menu_ui.post_update.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1f1c1c6a9d4f85faf0a8423792558493f3844785
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/menu_ui/menu_ui.post_update.php
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Post update functions for menu_ui.
+ */
+
+use Drupal\Core\Config\Entity\ConfigEntityUpdater;
+use Drupal\node\NodeTypeInterface;
+
+/**
+ * Adds link_by_default config in node.type.*.third_party.menu_ui settings.
+ */
+function menu_ui_post_update_add_link_by_default(?array &$sandbox = NULL): void {
+  \Drupal::classResolver(ConfigEntityUpdater::class)
+    ->update($sandbox, 'node_type', function (NodeTypeInterface $node_type): bool {
+      if (!$node_type->getThirdPartySettings('menu_ui')) {
+        return FALSE;
+      }
+      $node_type->setThirdPartySetting('menu_ui', 'link_by_default', FALSE);
+      return TRUE;
+    });
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/menu_ui/src/Hook/MenuUiHooks.php b/core/modules/menu_ui/src/Hook/MenuUiHooks.php
index 3ffc6748ecd1bac472df2211b42600e992ba993b..9876dafb183c71de2baa771ed60ab7f16bb24547 100644
--- a/core/modules/menu_ui/src/Hook/MenuUiHooks.php
+++ b/core/modules/menu_ui/src/Hook/MenuUiHooks.php
@@ -162,6 +162,12 @@ public function formNodeFormAlter(&$form, FormStateInterface $form_state) : void
     if (empty($parent_element)) {
       return;
     }
+
+    $link_by_default = FALSE;
+    if ($form_state->getFormObject()->getOperation() == 'default') {
+      $link_by_default = $defaults['link_by_default'];
+    }
+
     $form['menu'] = [
       '#type' => 'details',
       '#title' => $this->t('Menu settings'),
@@ -183,7 +189,7 @@ public function formNodeFormAlter(&$form, FormStateInterface $form_state) : void
     $form['menu']['enabled'] = [
       '#type' => 'checkbox',
       '#title' => $this->t('Provide a menu link'),
-      '#default_value' => (int) (bool) $defaults['id'],
+      '#default_value' => (int) (bool) $defaults['id'] || $link_by_default,
     ];
     $form['menu']['link'] = [
       '#type' => 'container',
@@ -326,6 +332,7 @@ public function formNodeTypeFormAlter(&$form, FormStateInterface $form_state) :
         'main',
       ]),
       '#options' => $menu_options,
+      '#attributes' => ['class' => ['available-menus']],
       '#description' => $this->t('Content of this type can be placed in the selected menus.'),
     ];
     // @todo See if we can avoid pre-loading all options by changing the form or
@@ -348,6 +355,16 @@ public function formNodeTypeFormAlter(&$form, FormStateInterface $form_state) :
       ],
     ];
     $options_cacheability->applyTo($form['menu']['menu_parent']);
+    $form['menu']['menu_link_by_default'] = [
+      '#type' => 'checkbox',
+      '#title' => $this->t('Provide a menu link by default when saving new content of this type.'),
+      '#default_value' => $type->getThirdPartySetting('menu_ui', 'link_by_default', FALSE),
+      '#states' => [
+        'invisible' => [
+          'input[name^="menu_options"]' => ['checked' => FALSE],
+        ],
+      ],
+    ];
     $form['#validate'][] = static::class . ':formNodeTypeFormValidate';
     $form['#entity_builders'][] = static::class . ':formNodeTypeFormBuilder';
   }
@@ -360,6 +377,7 @@ public function formNodeTypeFormAlter(&$form, FormStateInterface $form_state) :
   public function formNodeTypeFormBuilder(string $entity_type, NodeTypeInterface $type, array &$form, FormStateInterface $form_state): void {
     $type->setThirdPartySetting('menu_ui', 'available_menus', array_values(array_filter($form_state->getValue('menu_options'))));
     $type->setThirdPartySetting('menu_ui', 'parent', $form_state->getValue('menu_parent'));
+    $type->setThirdPartySetting('menu_ui', 'link_by_default', $form_state->getValue('menu_link_by_default'));
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/core/modules/menu_ui/src/MenuUiUtility.php b/core/modules/menu_ui/src/MenuUiUtility.php
index 1761983b7120aaef6c3e43a244f7b91ff0c27da0..9ae629f0ba71059b133ed01aa13239d4e6ca9956 100644
--- a/core/modules/menu_ui/src/MenuUiUtility.php
+++ b/core/modules/menu_ui/src/MenuUiUtility.php
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ public function getMenuLinkDefaults(NodeInterface $node): false|array {
           'menu_name' => $menu_link->getMenuName(),
           'parent' => $menu_link->getParentId(),
           'weight' => $menu_link->getWeight(),
+          'link_by_default' => $node_type->getThirdPartySetting('menu_ui', 'link_by_default', FALSE),
         ];
       }
     }
@@ -167,6 +168,7 @@ public function getMenuLinkDefaults(NodeInterface $node): false|array {
         'menu_name' => $menu_name,
         'parent' => '',
         'weight' => 0,
+        'link_by_default' => $node_type->getThirdPartySetting('menu_ui', 'link_by_default', FALSE),
       ];
     }
     return $defaults;
diff --git a/core/modules/menu_ui/tests/fixtures/update/page_third_party_menu_ui.php b/core/modules/menu_ui/tests/fixtures/update/page_third_party_menu_ui.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f2e3b3c9a001d73e7ccbc537b6546b5928caac78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/menu_ui/tests/fixtures/update/page_third_party_menu_ui.php
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<?php
+// phpcs:ignoreFile
+
+use Drupal\Core\Database\Database;
+
+$connection = Database::getConnection();
+
+// Add menu_ui third_party_settings to node.type.page without link_by_default.
+$node_type_page_config = $connection->select('config')
+  ->fields('config', ['data'])
+  ->condition('collection', '')
+  ->condition('name', 'node.type.page')
+  ->execute()
+  ->fetchField();
+$node_type_page_config = unserialize($node_type_page_config);
+$node_type_page_config['third_party_settings']['menu_ui'] = [
+  'available_menus' => ['main'],
+  'parent' => 'main:',
+];
+$connection->update('config')
+  ->fields(['data' => serialize($node_type_page_config)])
+  ->condition('collection', '')
+  ->condition('name', 'node.type.page')
+  ->execute();
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/modules/menu_ui/tests/src/Functional/MenuUiNodeTest.php b/core/modules/menu_ui/tests/src/Functional/MenuUiNodeTest.php
index 94cd83d8b3bfa1fb08f516a6afa2940383009f8b..5a82f9fbc1671499cf50388a3813912a76deaa4b 100644
--- a/core/modules/menu_ui/tests/src/Functional/MenuUiNodeTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/menu_ui/tests/src/Functional/MenuUiNodeTest.php
@@ -175,6 +175,46 @@ public function testMenuNodeFormWidget(): void {
     $this->drupalGet('test-page');
     $this->assertSession()->linkExists($node_title);
 
+    // Enable the settings "Provide menu link by default" to content type
+    // and verify that the "Menu Settings" enables automatically while creating
+    // a new node. Also verify that menu link is created when node is created.
+    $edit = [
+      'menu_link_by_default' => 1,
+    ];
+    $this->drupalGet('admin/structure/types/manage/page');
+    $this->submitForm($edit, 'Save');
+    $this->assertSession()->pageTextContains("The content type Basic page has been updated.");
+    $node_title = $this->randomMachineName();
+    $edit = [
+      'title[0][value]' => $node_title,
+      'body[0][value]' => $this->randomString(),
+    ];
+    $this->drupalGet('node/add/page');
+    $this->assertSession()->checkboxChecked('edit-menu-enabled');
+    $this->submitForm($edit, 'Save');
+    $this->drupalGet('admin/structure/menu/manage/main');
+    $this->assertSession()->linkExists($node_title);
+
+    // Disable the settings "Provide menu link by default" and verify that the
+    // "Menu Settings" does not enable automatically while creating a new node.
+    // Also verify that menu link is created when node is created.
+    $edit = [
+      'menu_link_by_default' => 0,
+    ];
+    $this->drupalGet('admin/structure/types/manage/page');
+    $this->submitForm($edit, 'Save');
+    $this->assertSession()->pageTextContains("The content type Basic page has been updated.");
+    $node_title = $this->randomMachineName();
+    $edit = [
+      'title[0][value]' => $node_title,
+      'body[0][value]' => $this->randomString(),
+    ];
+    $this->drupalGet('node/add/page');
+    $this->assertSession()->checkboxNotChecked('edit-menu-enabled');
+    $this->submitForm($edit, 'Save');
+    $this->drupalGet('admin/structure/menu/manage/main');
+    $this->assertSession()->linkNotExists($node_title);
+
     // Make sure the menu links only appear when the node is published.
     // These buttons just appear for 'administer nodes' users.
     $admin_user = $this->drupalCreateUser([
diff --git a/core/modules/menu_ui/tests/src/Functional/Update/MenuUiLinkByDefaultUpdateTest.php b/core/modules/menu_ui/tests/src/Functional/Update/MenuUiLinkByDefaultUpdateTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..45ba207f08dfe9766adfdfe6e0a6312379eae588
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/menu_ui/tests/src/Functional/Update/MenuUiLinkByDefaultUpdateTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Drupal\Tests\menu_ui\Functional\Update;
+
+use Drupal\FunctionalTests\Update\UpdatePathTestBase;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\CoversFunction;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\Group;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\RunTestsInSeparateProcesses;
+
+/**
+ * Tests that link_by_default is added in third_party.menu_ui settings.
+ */
+#[Group('menu_ui')]
+#[CoversFunction('menu_ui_post_update_add_link_by_default')]
+#[RunTestsInSeparateProcesses]
+class MenuUiLinkByDefaultUpdateTest extends UpdatePathTestBase {
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  protected $defaultTheme = 'stark';
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  protected static $modules = ['menu_ui', 'node', 'language'];
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  protected function setDatabaseDumpFiles(): void {
+    $this->databaseDumpFiles = [
+      DRUPAL_ROOT . '/core/modules/system/tests/fixtures/update/drupal-11.3.0.filled.standard.php.gz',
+      DRUPAL_ROOT . '/core/modules/menu_ui/tests/fixtures/update/page_third_party_menu_ui.php',
+    ];
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests that link_by_default is added in node.type.page.third_party.menu_ui.
+   *
+   * @see menu_ui_post_update_add_link_by_default()
+   */
+  public function testLinkByDefaultAddedAfterUpdate(): void {
+    $page_third_party_menu_ui_settings = $this->config('node.type.page')->get('third_party_settings.menu_ui');
+    $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('link_by_default', $page_third_party_menu_ui_settings);
+
+    $this->runUpdates();
+
+    $page_third_party_menu_ui_settings = $this->config('node.type.page')->get('third_party_settings.menu_ui');
+    $this->assertNotNull($page_third_party_menu_ui_settings['link_by_default']);
+    $this->assertFalse($page_third_party_menu_ui_settings['link_by_default']);
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/node/tests/src/Kernel/NodeTypeValidationTest.php b/core/modules/node/tests/src/Kernel/NodeTypeValidationTest.php
index 9d8549722613bba5d48799ca461d0ff22c4771e2..e570ff66e408a288a1ae09738f0b62e7ade6d098 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/tests/src/Kernel/NodeTypeValidationTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/tests/src/Kernel/NodeTypeValidationTest.php
@@ -87,7 +87,14 @@ public function testDescriptionAndHelpCannotBeEmpty(): void {
   /**
    * Tests third party settings menu UI.
    */
-  #[TestWith([TRUE, ["third_party_settings.menu_ui" => "'parent' is a required key."]])]
+  #[TestWith([TRUE,
+    [
+      "third_party_settings.menu_ui" => [
+        "'parent' is a required key.",
+        "'link_by_default' is a required key.",
+      ],
+    ],
+  ])]
   #[TestWith([FALSE, []])]
   public function testThirdPartySettingsMenuUi(bool $third_party_settings_menu_ui_fully_validatable, array $expected_validation_errors): void {
     $this->enableModules(['menu_ui']);