diff --git a/taccsite_cms/settings.py b/taccsite_cms/settings.py
index 396f8ea2b..9e6168045 100644
--- a/taccsite_cms/settings.py
+++ b/taccsite_cms/settings.py
@@ -279,6 +279,7 @@ def gettext(s): return s
 
 TACC_BLOG_SHOW_CATEGORIES = True
 TACC_BLOG_SHOW_TAGS = True
+TACC_BLOG_SHOW_PUB_TEXT = True
 # To flag posts of certain category or tag, so template can take special action
 TACC_BLOG_CUSTOM_MEDIA_POST_CATEGORY = 'sample_value_e_g__mutlimedia__'
 TACC_BLOG_SHOW_ABSTRACT_TAG = 'sample_value_e_g__redirect__'
@@ -698,6 +699,7 @@ def get_subdirs_as_module_names(path):
     'GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_PRELOAD',
     'TACC_BLOG_SHOW_CATEGORIES',
     'TACC_BLOG_SHOW_TAGS',
+    'TACC_BLOG_SHOW_PUB_TEXT',
     'TACC_CORE_STYLES_VERSION',
     'TACC_BLOG_CUSTOM_MEDIA_POST_CATEGORY',
     'TACC_BLOG_SHOW_ABSTRACT_TAG',
diff --git a/taccsite_cms/templates/djangocms_blog/includes/blog_meta.html b/taccsite_cms/templates/djangocms_blog/includes/blog_meta.html
index 96eb4b4c4..417426174 100644
--- a/taccsite_cms/templates/djangocms_blog/includes/blog_meta.html
+++ b/taccsite_cms/templates/djangocms_blog/includes/blog_meta.html
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@
       {# /TACC #}
       {# TACC (add <span> and &nbsp; so whitespace can be stripped): #}
       {# TACC ("Published" vs "To be published"): #}
-      <span>{% if post.publish %}{% trans "Published" %}{% else %}{% trans "To be published" %}{% endif %}</span>&nbsp;
+      {% if settings.TACC_BLOG_SHOW_PUB_TEXT %}
+        <span>{% if post.publish %}{% trans "Published" %}{% else %}{% trans "To be published" %}{% endif %}</span>&nbsp;
+      {% endif %}
       {# /TACC #}
       {# /TACC #}
       {# TACC (wrap with <time> tag because it should be so): #}