Added config option check for disable_profiles and removed linking if it is disabled

src/Model/BlogController.php

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ namespace SilverStripe\Blog\Model;
 
 use PageController;
 use SilverStripe\Control\Director;
+use SilverStripe\Control\HTTPResponse_Exception;
 use SilverStripe\Control\RSS\RSSFeed;
 use SilverStripe\ORM\ArrayList;
 use SilverStripe\ORM\DataList;
@@ -43,6 +44,14 @@ class BlogController extends PageController
         'FilterDescription' => 'Text'
     ];
 
+    /**
+     * If enabled, blog author profiles will be turned off for this site
+     *
+     * @config
+     * @var bool
+     */
+    private static $disable_profiles = false;
+
     /**
      * The current Blog Post DataList query.
      *
@@ -68,10 +77,16 @@ class BlogController extends PageController
     /**
      * Renders a Blog Member's profile.
      *
+     * @throws HTTPResponse_Exception
+     *
      * @return string
      */
     public function profile()
     {
+        if ($this->config()->get('disable_profiles')) {
+            $this->httpError(404, 'Not Found');
+        }
+
         $profile = $this->getCurrentProfile();
 
         if (!$profile) {

src/Model/BlogPost.php

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use SilverStripe\Blog\Model\BlogCategory;
 use SilverStripe\Blog\Model\BlogPostFilter;
 use SilverStripe\Blog\Model\BlogTag;
 use SilverStripe\Control\Controller;
+use SilverStripe\Core\Config\Config;
 use SilverStripe\Core\Manifest\ModuleLoader;
 use SilverStripe\Forms\DatetimeField;
 use SilverStripe\Forms\HiddenField;
@@ -712,6 +713,16 @@ class BlogPost extends Page
         return $items;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Checks to see if User Profiles has been disabled via config
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function getProfilesDisabled()
+    {
+        return Config::inst()->get(BlogController::class, 'disable_profiles');
+    }
+
     /**
      * Sets the label for BlogPost.Title to 'Post Title' (Rather than 'Page name').
      *

templates/SilverStripe/Blog/Includes/EntryMeta.ss

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
         <% loop $Credits %>
             <% if not $First && not $Last %>, <% end_if %>
             <% if not $First && $Last %> <%t SilverStripe\\Blog\\Model\\Blog.AND "and" %> <% end_if %>
-            <% if $URLSegment %>
+            <% if $URLSegment && not $Up.ProfilesDisabled %>
                 <a href="$URL">$Name.XML</a>
             <% else %>
                 $Name.XML