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 Roles
The most installed admin bar plugin, with 20K+ active installs. Rated 3.9 from 21 reviews, updated 4 weeks ago.
- 2.
Hide Admin Bar20K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 30 reviews, updated 8 hours ago.
- 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 Editor
3K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 24 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 8.Admin Bar & Dashboard Access Control
3K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 18 reviews, updated 11 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 9.WP Hide Dashboard
2K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 20 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.0.
- 10.Disable Toolbar
1K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 17 reviews, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
All 188 plugins tagged “admin bar”
Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles
#1,168by Ankit Panchal28 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
- 202/day

Hide Admin Bar
#1,186by David Vongriestoday
Hide the WordPress admin bar on your website for all users or for specific user roles. Lightweight, no setup needed.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.5(30)
- Downloads
- 62/day

Hide Admin Bar from Non-Admins
Down in the last 7 days:13#1,773by 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:5#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
- 49/day

Auto Hide Admin Bar
#3,711by 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
Up in the last 7 days:3#3,720by 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:5#3,875by Pixar Labs25 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:2#4,083by 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:3#4,870by 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
Down in the last 7 days:4#5,364by 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:12#6,041by 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#6,102by PluginRx17 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
- 40/day
BB Delete cache
Down in the last 7 days:17#6,920by 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:21#7,434by 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:25#8,590by 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
Down in the last 7 days:1#8,622by 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
- 6/day
Admin Bar Toggle
Up in the last 7 days:63#9,676by 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:1#9,954by Touhidul Sadeek2 years ago
This plugin will enable remove the WordPress Logo from admin bar.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 6/day
WP Custom Admin Bar
Down in the last 7 days:23#10,101by 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:2,706#10,560by Megiston20 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
- –
- Downloads
- 71/day

Admin Bar Edit Content Links
Up in the last 7 days:53#10,789by 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:10#11,513by 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:13#12,095by 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:77#12,379by CiaranG11 years ago
Hide/show the WordPress toolbar in the front-end.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 6/day

Show Environment in Admin Bar
Up in the last 7 days:60#13,117by 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:75#13,617by 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
- 6/day
WP Extend Toolbar
Down in the last 7 days:86#14,454by 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:24#14,909by 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:577#15,659by Frank Bueltge2 years ago
Enhance Multisite for Network Admins with different topics
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.5(49)
- Downloads
- 74/day

ELU Hide Admin Menu
Down in the last 7 days:27#16,370by 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
#17,178by 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:56#18,107by 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

Barmaton Quick Admin Logout
Up in the last 7 days:257#18,326by 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

Restricted Site Notifier
Up in the last 7 days:93#18,340by 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
Comfortable Admin Page
Up in the last 7 days:15#18,571by 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

Admin Bar Menu Packer
Down in the last 7 days:76#18,663by 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:149#18,706by 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
Lookit Cloudflare Cache Purge
Up in the last 7 days:437#18,961by 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
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Apermo AdminBar
Up in the last 7 days:180#19,166by 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

One Click Delete Page and Post
Up in the last 7 days:269#19,467by 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:212#19,482by efc3 years ago
Makes the ID number of the current page or post visible in the Admin Bar.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Change Howdy
Up in the last 7 days:11#19,513by 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

Role Based Hide Adminbar
Up in the last 7 days:15#19,654by 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:77#19,858by 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
Down in the last 7 days:382#20,044by 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
Up in the last 7 days:40#20,864by 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:707#20,929by 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
Down in the last 7 days:56#21,088by 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
Test User Role
Down in the last 7 days:147#21,329by mitcho (Michael Yoshitaka Erlewine)12 years ago
Quickly test other user roles from a super admin account, to see what other users experience.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day