Best hidden plugins for WordPress
The most popular hidden plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Hide Admin Bar leads with 20K+ active installs, ahead of Hide Plugins (1K+) and Oomph Hidden Tags (400+). All 20 plugins tagged “hidden” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 hidden plugins
- 1.
Hide Admin BarThe most installed hidden plugin, with 20K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 30 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 2.
Hide Plugins1K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 9 reviews, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
- 3.
Oomph Hidden Tags400+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
- 4.
BuddyPress Admin Only Profile Fields100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34.
- 5.
Hide Front End WP Admin Bar100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 6.
WS Force Login Page100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 7.
Spam Free100+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
- 8.
Hidden Tags90+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 16 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.7.1.
- 9.
Hidden Badge ReCaptcha50+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.6.23.
- 10.
Hypotext50+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.7.21.
All 20 plugins tagged “hidden”
Hide Admin Bar
Down in the last 7 days:2#1,188by David Vongries1 year ago
Hide the Admin Bar in WordPress 3.1+.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.5(30)
- Downloads
- 62/day
Hide Plugins
Up in the last 7 days:12#6,626by ThemeBoy10 years ago
Hide installed plugins from clients and other admin users.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.8(9)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Oomph Hidden Tags
Down in the last 7 days:3#9,297by Ben Doherty (Oomph, Inc)10 years ago
Hide certain tags from tag lists and tag clouds. Allow capable users to see hidden tags with the see_hidden_tags capability.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 4/day
BuddyPress Admin Only Profile Fields
Down in the last 7 days:10#13,436by A5hleyRich11 years ago
Easily set the visibility of BuddyPress profile fields to hidden, allowing only admin users to edit and view them.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Hide Front End WP Admin Bar
Down in the last 7 days:42#13,563by 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
WS Force Login Page
Down in the last 7 days:118#15,648by Silver Muru1 year ago
Redirecting user to login page if not logged in, working also with domains what includes umlaut letters like ö, ä, õ, ü
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Spam Free
Down in the last 7 days:90#16,252by pekeltje14 years ago
Get your Wordpress Blog Spam-Free with this plugin.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Hidden Tags
Up in the last 7 days:156#17,178by michaeltyson17 years ago
Hide certain tags/categories from the public
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Hidden Badge ReCaptcha
Down in the last 7 days:5#20,820by benjaminsimier5 years ago
Extension permettant de cacher le badge Google ReCaptcha V3 qui se trouve en bas à droite de l'écran.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Hypotext
Down in the last 7 days:56#20,879by DEJAN5 years ago
Click to expand hidden content within your article.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Hide Wp Admin Bar
Up in the last 7 days:3#22,553by Rahul Kumar Singh6 years ago
Hide the Frontend Admin Bar in WordPress
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Admin Private Note on users
#28,440by wplizer9 years ago
Easily add hidden and private notes for your users and they will never see your notes about them!
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Wp UCanHide
Up in the last 7 days:6,064#36,221wp-ucanhide18 years ago
A very useful and simple plug-in that allows you to hide a part of a post (links,image...) for people who are not logged on your site.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Hidden Contents
#41,520by Morteza Geransayeh7 years ago
A handy plugin for hide contents and images from guest users. But you can control how many characters and what words show.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 1/day
HTMLComment
#42,927by hartley_h16 years ago
A very useful and simple plug-in that allows you to hide a part of a post (links,image...) using standard HTML comment markers <!-- and -->.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Hidden Plugin
#43,509by Shiyar Suresh8 years ago
Hidden Plugin is a light-weight plugin that gives a single admin user the ability to hide plugins prevent them from being activated, deactivated, or d …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 1/day
Hidden Login
Down in the last 7 days:9,341#47,099by aterris16 years ago
Adds Keystroke Enabled Login Functionality
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 1/day
Hidden By Roles the Admin Bar
Up in the last 7 days:18,528#54,679by saunier francois5 years ago
Hides the Admin bar based on the user roles you have chosen.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Hide Admin Bar
#71,010by Awais Altaf8 years ago
Hide the Admin Bar in WordPress
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Hide Admin Bar
#74,154by royalnavneet7 years ago
Simple Plugin to Hide Admin Bar From frontend No setting required.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day