WordPress plugin comparison
Hide Admin Top Bar vs Simple top bar
At a glance
- Hide Admin Top Bar has more active installs: 40+, against 10+ for Simple top bar.
- On a typical day, Simple top bar is downloaded about 7 times, Hide Admin Top Bar about 2.
- Simple top bar was updated more recently: Dec 11, 2025, against Dec 17, 2019 for Hide Admin Top Bar.
- Simple top bar is tested with a newer WordPress: 6.9.11, against 5.3.27 for Hide Admin Top Bar.
- Hide Admin Top Bar has been around longer: since 2019, against 2024 for Simple top bar.
Line by line
Simple top bar leads on 4 of 6 comparable lines.
| Metric |  Hide Admin Top Bar |  Simple top bar |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #21,686 | #32,994 |
| Active installs | 40+ | 10+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 37 | 137 |
| Rating | No ratings | No ratings |
| Support threads resolved | – | – |
| Tested up to | 5.3.27 | 6.9.11 |
| Search multiplier | ×0.00 | ×0.09 |
| Last release | 6 years ago | 11 months ago |
| Requires PHP | 5.2.4 | 7.2 |
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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