author-disabler.php

<?php
/**
 * Plugin Name: Author Archive Disabler
 * Plugin URI: http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/q/74924/6035
 * Description: Disable author archives with the click of a checkbox.
 * Author: Christopher Davis
 * Author URI: http://christopherdavis.me
 * License: MIT
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2012 Christopher Davis <http://christopherdavis.me>
 *
 * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
 * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
 * to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
 * the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
 * and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
 * Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
 *
 * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
 * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
 *
 * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
 * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
 * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
 * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
 * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
 * DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 *
 * @category    WordPress
 * @author      Christopher Davis <http://christopherdavis.me>
 * @copyright   2012 Christopher Davis
 * @license     http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT MIT
 */

!defined('ABSPATH') && exit;

Author_Archive_Disabler::init();

class Author_Archive_Disabler
{
    // meta key that will store the disabled status
    const KEY = '_author_archive_disabled';

    // nonce name
    const NONCE = 'author_archive_nonce';

    private static $ins = null;

    public static function instance()
    {
        is_null(self::$ins) && self::$ins = new self;
        return self::$ins;
    }

    public static function init()
    {
        add_action('plugins_loaded', array(self::instance(), '_setup'));
    }

    // helper to see if the archive is disabled.
    public static function is_disabled($user_id)
    {
        return 'on' == get_user_meta($user_id, self::KEY, true);
    }

    // adds actions and such
    public function _setup()
    {
        add_action('edit_user_profile', array($this, 'field'));
        add_action('show_user_profile', array($this, 'field'));
        add_action('edit_user_profile_update', array($this, 'save'));
        add_action('personal_options_update', array($this, 'save'));
        add_action('template_redirect', array($this, 'maybe_disable'));
        add_filter('author_link', array($this, 'change_link'), 10, 2);
    }

    public function field($user)
    {
        // only let admins do this.
        if(!current_user_can('manage_options'))
            return;

        echo '<h4>', __('Disable Archive', 'author-archive-disabler'), '</h4>';

        wp_nonce_field(self::NONCE . $user->ID, self::NONCE, false);

        printf(
            '<label for="%1$s"><input type="checkbox" name="%1$s" id="%1$s" value="on" %2$s /> %3$s</label>',
            esc_attr(self::KEY),
            checked(get_user_meta($user->ID, self::KEY, true), 'on', false),
            __('Disable Author Archive', 'author-archive-disabler')
        );
    }

    public function save($user_id)
    {
        if(
            !isset($_POST[self::NONCE]) ||
            !wp_verify_nonce($_POST[self::NONCE], self::NONCE . $user_id)
        ) return; // nonce is no good, bail

        if(!current_user_can('edit_user', $user_id))
            return; // current user can't edit this user, bail

        update_user_meta($user_id, self::KEY,
            !empty($_POST[self::KEY]) ? 'on' : 'off');
    }

    public function maybe_disable()
    {
        global $wp_query;

        // not an author archive? bail.
        if(!is_author())
            return;

        if(self::is_disabled(get_queried_object_id()))
        {
            $wp_query->set_404();
        }
    }

    public function change_link($link, $author_id)
    {
        if(self::is_disabled($author_id))
            return apply_filters('author_archive_disabler_default_url', home_url(), $author_id);

        return $link;
    }
}