WordPress plugin comparison
Hide Admin Bar vs Hide Admin Top Bar
Hide Admin Bar
by David Vongries
20K+ installs4.5
Hide Admin Top Bar
by Deepak Kaushik
Fewer than 10 installs5.0
At a glance
- Hide Admin Bar has more active installs: 20K+, against fewer than 10 for Hide Admin Top Bar.
- On a typical day, Hide Admin Bar is downloaded about 62 times, Hide Admin Top Bar about 1.
- Hide Admin Top Bar is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 4.5 from 30 reviews.
- Hide Admin Bar was updated more recently: Nov 9, 2026, against May 12, 2019 for Hide Admin Top Bar.
- Hide Admin Bar is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 5.1.28 for Hide Admin Top Bar.
- Hide Admin Bar has been around longer: since 2011, against 2019 for Hide Admin Top Bar.
Line by line
Hide Admin Bar leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.
| Metric | Hide Admin Bar | Hide Admin Top Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #1,186 | #58,330 |
| Active installs | 20K+ | Fewer than 10 |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 1.7K | 33 |
| Rating | 4.5(30) | 5.0(1) |
| Support threads resolved | – | – |
| Tested up to | 7.1.4 | 5.1.28 |
| Search multiplier | ×0.90 | ×0.00 |
| Last release | today | 7 years ago |
| Requires PHP | 5.6 | 5.1 |
From WordPress.org's public data, refreshed every night. Downloads are WordPress.org's official daily figures for the last 30 days.
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