Best admin bar plugins for WordPress
The most popular admin bar plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles leads with 20K+ active installs, ahead of Hide Admin Bar (20K+) and Hide Admin Bar from Non-Admins (10K+). All 188 plugins tagged “admin bar” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 admin bar plugins
- 1.
Hide Admin Bar Based on User RolesThe most installed admin bar plugin, with 20K+ active installs. Rated 3.9 from 21 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 2.
Hide Admin Bar20K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 30 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 3.
Hide Admin Bar from Non-Admins10K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 30 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 4.
Bricks Navigator8K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 19 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 5.
Auto Hide Admin Bar3K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 32 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 6.
Better Admin Bar3K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 19 reviews, updated 11 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 7.
Admin Bar Editor3K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 24 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 8.
Admin Bar & Dashboard Access Control3K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 18 reviews, updated 11 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 9.
WP Hide Dashboard2K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 20 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.0.
- 10.
Disable Toolbar1K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 17 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
All 188 plugins tagged “admin bar”
Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles
Down in the last 7 days:1#1,170by Ankit Panchal27 days ago
Hide the WordPress admin bar by user role, block wp-admin access, redirect after login, and tidy the admin menu and notices for each role.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 3.9(21)
- Downloads
- 206/day
Hide Admin Bar
Down in the last 7 days:1#1,188by David Vongries1 year ago
Hide the Admin Bar in WordPress 3.1+.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.5(30)
- Downloads
- 62/day
Hide Admin Bar from Non-Admins
Down in the last 7 days:9#1,769by Andrew Lima2 months ago
Hides the WordPress toolbar (admin bar) for all non-admin users. Simple plugin with no settings to configure.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.3(30)
- Downloads
- 43/day
Bricks Navigator
Down in the last 7 days:7#2,444by Sridhar Katakam1 month ago
Adds quick links in the WordPress admin bar for users of Bricks theme.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 5.0(19)
- Downloads
- 55/day
Auto Hide Admin Bar
Down in the last 7 days:9#3,712by Marcel Bootsman2 months ago
This plugin adds an auto-hide feature to the WordPress Admin Bar or Toolbar.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.8(32)
- Downloads
- 35/day
Better Admin Bar
#3,719by David Vongries11 months ago
The WordPress Admin Bar reimagined. Replace the default WordPress admin bar and provide logged-in users the user experience they deserve.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.8(19)
- Downloads
- 35/day
Admin Bar Editor
Down in the last 7 days:9#3,876by Pixar Labs24 days ago
Take full control of your WordPress admin bar: hide items, reorder menus, and design a cleaner toolbar for every user.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.4(24)
- Downloads
- 66/day
Admin Bar & Dashboard Access Control
Down in the last 7 days:6#4,086by Collins Agbonghama11 months ago
Disable admin bar and control users access to WordPress dashboard.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.7(18)
- Downloads
- 22/day
WP Hide Dashboard
Down in the last 7 days:5#4,861by Drew Jaynes9 years ago
Hide the Dashboard menu, Personal Options section and Help link on the Profile page from your subscribers when they are logged in.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(20)
- Downloads
- 12/day
Disable Toolbar
Up in the last 7 days:6#5,359by Michael Dance9 years ago
Control who sees the WP Toolbar when viewing your site.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.9(17)
- Downloads
- 11/day
What Template
Down in the last 7 days:18#6,040by Brian Alexander2 years ago
Adds the current page's template name to the admin bar.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Clear Cache Everywhere
Up in the last 7 days:95#6,119by PluginRx16 days ago
Clear all cache sources in one click from the WordPress admin bar, including WP cache, transients, sessions, browser cache.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 35/day
BB Delete cache
Down in the last 7 days:21#6,931by Thierry Pigot1 year ago
Add delete beaver builder cache button in admin bar!
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Disable Admin Bar
Up in the last 7 days:7#7,443by Ozh15 years ago
Disable the Admin Bar.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Hide Admin Bar For User Roles
Up in the last 7 days:31#8,577by Subodh Ghulaxe2 years ago
Easy to use WordPress hide admin bar plugin, allows you to hide admin bar for specific user roles. Using this plugin you can show the admin bar for ad …
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 7/day
Remove/Hide Admin Toolbar
Up in the last 7 days:21#8,609by Purrly Digital4 years ago
Removes/hides the admin toolbar from the front end of the site when activated
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 4.9(10)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Admin Bar Toggle
Up in the last 7 days:71#9,698by James Kemp11 years ago
Hides the admin bar on the front-end by default, and adds a toggle to activate it.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.9(18)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Remove WP Logo from Admin Bar
Down in the last 7 days:27#9,947by Touhidul Sadeek2 years ago
This plugin will enable remove the WordPress Logo from admin bar.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Custom Admin Bar
Down in the last 7 days:28#10,088by Wes Todd14 years ago
A really simple and easy to use plugin to help gain control of the new Admin Bar.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Notices Panel
Up in the last 7 days:3,093#10,608by Megiston19 days ago
Moves admin notices into a bell panel in the admin bar. Nothing stored, nothing lost: success messages and inline notices stay where they are.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 70/day
Admin Bar Edit Content Links
Up in the last 7 days:49#10,797by Brett Shumaker4 years ago
A simple plugin that adds a drop down list of post types to the admin bar.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.6(7)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Admin Bar Wrap Fix
Up in the last 7 days:6#11,510by KZeni3 years ago
Fixes the wrap behavior of the WordPress admin bar when it has too many items. Keep it neat; don't spill/overflow into the content.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Minimize Admin Bar
Down in the last 7 days:50#12,116by plasticbrain11 years ago
Replace the WP Admin Bar with a small, unobtrusive icon in the top left corner of your site.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP MiniBar
Down in the last 7 days:41#12,325by CiaranG11 years ago
Hide/show the WordPress toolbar in the front-end.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Show Environment in Admin Bar
Up in the last 7 days:144#13,114by Paul Biron2 years ago
Add an indication to the Admin Bar of the environment WordPress is running in (e.g., Prod, Staging, QA, Dev, etc).
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 44/day
Hide Front End WP Admin Bar
Down in the last 7 days:61#13,564by Arul Prasad J1 year ago
Hide admin bar on the front-end. No technical skills needed.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
GenTime
Down in the last 7 days:40#13,768by Sybre Waaijer11 months ago
GenTime accurately shows the page generation time in your WordPress admin bar.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Extend Toolbar
Down in the last 7 days:146#14,477by michouse8 months ago
WP Extend Toolbar is display the following page information to the admin bar.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Daisy Admin Bar
Up in the last 7 days:144#14,878by DaisyPlugins10 months ago
Control visibility of the admin bar based on user roles.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Multisite Enhancements
Up in the last 7 days:268#15,896by Frank Bueltge2 years ago
Enhance Multisite for Network Admins with different topics
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.5(49)
- Downloads
- 89/day
ELU Hide Admin Menu
Down in the last 7 days:42#16,422by eLightUp8 years ago
Hide admin menu and admin bar items in WordPress admin area based on user role.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 3/day
LCT Admin Bar on Bottom
Down in the last 7 days:1#17,138by ircary11 years ago
This plugin sticks the Admin Bar to the bottom of your screen! You can choose to make this change on the front-end, back-end or both
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Dev Info Bar
Down in the last 7 days:35#18,091by istvankrucsanyica7 years ago
A simple WordPress extension which adds itself to the admin bar, providing system information such as PHP, MySQL version and details of the WordPress …
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 3/day
Restricted Site Notifier
Down in the last 7 days:16#18,341by Fidgety Lizard5 months ago
Add-on for Restricted Site Access plugin. Displays site's current restriction status in the admin bar.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Barmaton Quick Admin Logout
Up in the last 7 days:234#18,363by Marcel Hermans3 months ago
Add a direct, clearly visible logout link to the WordPress Admin Bar. Stop wasting time with dropdown menus!
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Admin Bar Menu Packer
Up in the last 7 days:54#18,598by kazuyk9 years ago
Gather many menu items on toolbar into one menu to prevent the bar from getting cluttered. Simple and easy but useful.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Stick Admin Bar To Bottom
Down in the last 7 days:231#18,632by Coen Jacobs14 years ago
Annoyed by the new Admin Bar that is covering the top 28 pixels of your website, but you don't want it completely gone? This plugin sticks the Ad …
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Comfortable Admin Page
Up in the last 7 days:4#18,689by Ryouji Mineya2 months ago
A utility plugin to make the WordPress admin screen more comfortable and easier to use. You can hide unnecessary items and add useful features.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Lookit Cloudflare Cache Purge
Up in the last 7 days:268#19,172by lookitdesign2 months ago
Granular Cloudflare cache control from the admin bar — purge a single page, any URL, or the entire site, right from wp-admin.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Apermo AdminBar
Up in the last 7 days:47#19,314by Christoph Daum10 years ago
This plugin allows you to add links between a development, staging and live version of your website, and adds them to the AdminBar.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Change Howdy
Up in the last 7 days:68#19,428by Pankaj Anupam3 months ago
Replace the "Howdy" greeting in the WordPress admin bar with a welcome message of your own.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
One Click Delete Page and Post
Up in the last 7 days:229#19,573by Magnathorax5 months ago
Adds a "Delete" item to the frontend admin bar next to the Edit link.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 4/day
Admin Bar ID Menu
Up in the last 7 days:16#19,610by efc3 years ago
Makes the ID number of the current page or post visible in the Admin Bar.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Role Based Hide Adminbar
Down in the last 7 days:31#19,737by Yasar Khalifa5 months ago
A simple plugin to hide the WordPress admin bar based on user roles. Clean, fast, and easy to use.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Easy Update Notifier
Up in the last 7 days:200#19,753by bldwebdevs1 year ago
Easily monitor and receive email notifications for available plugin, theme, and WordPress core updates from the admin dashboard.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 3/day
Admin Bar Login
Up in the last 7 days:86#19,766by scribu6 months ago
Show a compact login experience in the admin bar for logged-out visitors.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Lookit Cache Purge for Sucuri
Down in the last 7 days:82#20,980by lookitdesign2 months ago
Granular Sucuri cache purge from the WordPress admin bar. Purge a single URL, or the entire site, without leaving wp-admin.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Uplink Unified Ops Center
Up in the last 7 days:749#21,009by Stephen Walker1 month ago
Centralize WordPress, Bricks, and Etch admin workflows with searchable content, media, architecture, plugin, and resource shortcuts.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Clean Admin Bar Removal
Up in the last 7 days:33#21,029by Christiann15 years ago
Allows you to hide the top admin bar in WP 3.2+ on the public site by changing user preferences en masse for both existing and new users.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Discreet Toolbar
Up in the last 7 days:73#21,391by Kailey (trepmal)10 years ago
Hide Admin Bar till cursor is near it. Front-end only.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day