Best toolbar plugins for WordPress
The most popular toolbar plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Show Current Template leads with 100K+ active installs, ahead of What The File (40K+) and Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles (20K+). All 123 plugins tagged “toolbar” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 toolbar plugins
- 1.
Show Current TemplateThe most installed toolbar plugin, with 100K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 71 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
What The File40K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 883 reviews, updated 8 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 3.
Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles20K+ active installs. Rated 3.9 from 21 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 4.
Hide Admin Bar from Non-Admins10K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 30 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 5.
My WP Customize Admin/Frontend8K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 16 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 6.
Bricks Navigator8K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 19 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
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which template file4K+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 8.
Auto Hide Admin Bar3K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 32 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
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Admin Bar Editor3K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 24 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
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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.
All 123 plugins tagged “toolbar”
Show Current Template
Down in the last 7 days:1#351by JOTAKI, Taisuke2 months ago
A WordPress plugin which shows the current template file name, the current theme name and included template files' name in the tool bar.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 5.0(71)
- Downloads
- 520/day
What The File
Up in the last 7 days:1#891by Barry Kooij8 months ago
What The File is the best tool to find out what template parts are used to display the page you're currently viewing!
- Installs
- 40K+
- Rating
- 4.9(883)
- Downloads
- 187/day
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 from Non-Admins
Down in the last 7 days:12#1,772by 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
My WP Customize Admin/Frontend
Up in the last 7 days:2#2,317by gqevu6bsiz16 days ago
Simply and easy-to-use the customize for Admin and Frontend. A lot of custom filters and actions, and included the developer tools.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 4.3(16)
- Downloads
- 112/day
Bricks Navigator
Down in the last 7 days:11#2,443by Sridhar Katakam1 month ago
Adds quick links in the WordPress admin bar for users of Bricks theme.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 5.0(19)
- Downloads
- 58/day
which template file
Down in the last 7 days:31#3,570by gilles661 year ago
Show the name of the php file of your theme used to display the current page.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Auto Hide Admin Bar
Down in the last 7 days:7#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
Admin Bar Editor
Up in the last 7 days:3#3,867by 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:9#4,084by Collins Agbonghama11 months ago
Disable admin bar and control users access to WordPress dashboard.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.7(18)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Bottom Admin Toolbar
Down in the last 7 days:19#5,118by M.Code3 months ago
Stick the WordPress admin bar to the bottom of the screen. Hide it with SHIFT + Down Arrow keyboard shortcut.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.5(8)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Disable Toolbar
Down in the last 7 days:2#5,367by Michael Dance9 years ago
Control who sees the WP Toolbar when viewing your site.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.9(17)
- Downloads
- 11/day
WPDevDesign
Down in the last 7 days:15#6,151by Sridhar Katakam6 years ago
Adds useful links in the Toolbar for directly start editing Pages and Templates when using Oxygen.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Remove Admin Bar logo
Down in the last 7 days:9#6,414by mdbrx2 months ago
Remove admin bar logo wp from the admin-bar.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Admin Toolbar Menus
Down in the last 7 days:1#7,008by Benbodhi2 years ago
Seamlessly adds 3 new menu locations to the admin toolbar.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 5.0(20)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Hide WP Toolbar
Down in the last 7 days:20#7,143by Jeremy Saxey1 year ago
Easily hide or show the front-end WordPress Admin Toolbar with a click of a button.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 4.9(13)
- Downloads
- 12/day
Post Editor Buttons Fork
Down in the last 7 days:11#7,714by Kailey (trepmal)10 years ago
This plugin allows you add your own buttons to the post editor's TEXT mode toolbar.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 4.9(11)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Remove/Hide Admin Toolbar
Down in the last 7 days:14#8,629by 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
Plugin Toggle
#8,774by Cedaro1 year ago
Quickly toggle plugin activation status from the toolbar.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 4.8(18)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Remove Admin Toolbar
Down in the last 7 days:4#8,864by netdesignr4 years ago
Remove Admin Toolbar helps you hide the admin toolbar completely or partially within seconds.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Custom Adminbar Menus
Down in the last 7 days:3#10,585by Linesh Jose7 years ago
This is a simple plugin for adding custom navigation menus to your WordPress Adminbar.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.8(9)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Search Engines Blocked in Header
Down in the last 7 days:28#11,266by Marcel Bootsman2 months ago
Display the 'Search Engines Discouraged' notification in the WordPress Toolbar if the blog_public option has been checked.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Easy Accessibility
Up in the last 7 days:43#12,196by Deepak Khokhar1 month ago
Easy Accessibility Plugin adds a toolbar to your website making it more accessible.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
WP MiniBar
Up in the last 7 days:19#12,313by CiaranG11 years ago
Hide/show the WordPress toolbar in the front-end.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
NextPage Buttons
Up in the last 7 days:14#13,562by Shawn Parker13 years ago
The NextPage button is a simple plugin that brings back the NextPage button in the WordPress editor toolbar.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 4/day
Tambar
Up in the last 7 days:96#14,480by Yan Metelitsa1 month ago
The sticky header is a widely used feature on many websites, but it can conflict with the WordPress admin bar. Tambar effectively resolves this issue!
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Daisy Admin Bar
Up in the last 7 days:76#14,916by DaisyPlugins10 months ago
Control visibility of the admin bar based on user roles.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Social Toolbar
Down in the last 7 days:62#15,775by Daddydesign12 years ago
Plugin for adding a highly customizable toolbar with color selection, social network icons, recent tweet and share buttons into footer.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.3(16)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Post Edit Toolbar
Down in the last 7 days:7#18,184by greghl11 years ago
Adds a pair of dropdowns 'Page list' and 'Post List' to the WordPress toolbar of the most recently edited pages, drafts, future sc …
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(11)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Post Editor Buttons
Down in the last 7 days:237#18,284by Oren Yomtov15 years ago
This plugin allows you add your own buttons to the post editor's toolbar.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Barmaton Quick Admin Logout
Up in the last 7 days:120#18,390by 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
Royal Access
Up in the last 7 days:317#19,214by Royal Plugins2 months ago
Free WordPress accessibility toolbar with 14 features, an accessibility audit for your posts, WCAG code fixes, contrast checker. Not an overlay.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 5/day
Admin Bar Login
#19,961by 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
Meacodes Accessibility Tools
Down in the last 7 days:93#20,640by Meacodes Development Solutions11 months ago
This is an accessibility Plugin for people with disabilities to use the web easily.
- 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
Fixed HTML Toolbar
Up in the last 7 days:17#21,095by Web3574 days ago
A fixed bar at the top or bottom of your site with your own HTML or up to 5 linked icons. Ideal for social icons and notices.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Test User Role
Down in the last 7 days:8#21,225by 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
Discreet Toolbar
Down in the last 7 days:94#21,513by Kailey (trepmal)10 years ago
Hide Admin Bar till cursor is near it. Front-end only.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Admin Bar Color
Up in the last 7 days:1#22,794by Eduardo Zulian11 years ago
Use your favorite Dashboard color scheme on the front end admin bar.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 4.7(7)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Switcher
Down in the last 7 days:160#24,429by Kostya Tereshchuk24 days ago
One toolbar button that switches between the admin page and the public page you viewed last.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Toolbar Quick View
Down in the last 7 days:102#24,675by Brian Krogsgard15 years ago
Adds a "View" menu to the toolbar with quick links to common admin areas.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Attention Grabber (Hello Bar Alternative)
Down in the last 7 days:189#24,695by conversioninsights12 years ago
Grab your visitor's attention and get them to sign up for your email list, or tell them about a specific page they should visit.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 2.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Page Edit Toolbar
#25,162by Jeremy Green12 years ago
Adds a dropdown to the WordPress toolbar of the 15 most recently edited pages.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
AccessiBar
Up in the last 7 days:556#25,443by andreibarbashin8 months ago
A lightweight accessibility toolbar for WordPress. No subscriptions, no external requests, 100% GDPR-compliant.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Take Control Of The WordPress Toolbar
Down in the last 7 days:507#25,764by paulund14 years ago
This Wordpress plugin will allow you to easily take control of the wordpress toolbar.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Adminbar Default Menu Manager
Down in the last 7 days:392#27,068by Sarankumar3 years ago
Remove some default adminbar menus like wordpress logo,credits etc.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 3.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
aGo Access
#29,378by Ago lab4 months ago
Accessibility toolbar with 11 tools and 7 automatic fixes. WCAG 2.2 oriented, 100% free, no limitations.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 3/day
Aticolor Palettes
Up in the last 7 days:2,744#29,399by Ático estudio6 months ago
Personal color palette library — save color groups and access them from the admin toolbar or the dedicated admin page.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Admin Menu in Frontend
#29,574by Kostya Tereshchuk25 days ago
Shows the WordPress admin menu on the public pages of your site, so every admin screen is one click away while you view the site.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
SimpleBar
Up in the last 7 days:589#29,919by Luke Dunsmore5 months ago
Customise the Admin Bar and Admin Menu colours with live preview, presets, accessibility checks, and role-aware controls.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day