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Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles

Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles – Disable the WordPress Toolbar by Role or Capability

by Ankit Panchal · WordPress.org page · Website

v7.5.0 Tested up to WP 7.1.3 PHP 5.6+

Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles has 20,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 873,347 downloads all time. It was downloaded 25,972 times in the last 30 days. The last update was on October 12, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.1.3.

Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles at a glance

Active installs
20,000+
Total downloads
873,347
Downloads, last 30 days
25,972
30-day growth
–
downloads vs the previous 30 days

Is Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles well maintained?

Support threads resolved
No open threads
nothing waiting on the WordPress.org forum
WordPress compatibility
Current
tested up to WordPress 7.1.3, the current release is 7.1.3
Languages
0
translated 90%+ on translate.wordpress.org, 208 locales in progress
One-star reviews
25%
5 of 20 reviews on WordPress.org

Features

The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.

  • Hide for everyone: remove the admin bar from the front end for every logged-in user
  • Hide for logged-out visitors: make sure visitors never see it, even when a plugin such as BuddyPress shows it to them
  • Hide by role: pick roles such as Subscriber, Customer or Editor, including custom roles from other plugins
  • Hide by capability: hide it for anyone who has a capability, for example edit_posts
  • Nothing added to your site’s front end: no CSS, no JavaScript, no extra database queries

Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles reviews and ratings

20 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.

All reviews
3.9 out of 5

20 reviews

5★
14
4★
0
3★
0
2★
1
1★
5

  • BEST OF THE BEST

    I LOVE IT

    davidraudales

  • Hides the admin bar even when I'm an administrator

    Hides the admin bar for Administrator role, even though I've told it to allow Administrators to see the bar.

    Norman Cates

  • hide admin bar even though I’m admin

    hide admin bar even though I’m admin

    syyymonsyy

  • It's working very well after update

    It's working very well after recent update.

    mich08

  • After an update, the admin bar appeared for all users.

    I had to uninstall this plugin. After a recent update - I'm not sure when - the admin bar appeared for all users on the front end, whether they were logged in or not. Apparently, the update requires you to opt out of that functionality. That is literally the opposite of what the plugin was supposed to do. Since I'm more or less always logged in to the site, I didn't realize the admin bar was appearing on the front end for over a week.

    upwithit

  • AWESOME

    I usually don't take time to give reviews, this thing is quick and magic! thank you!

    ceef454

Download and install history

30,279 downloads over the last 49 days. Snapshots taken daily from WordPress.org.

Downloads per day
Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles downloads per day02.5k5k7.5k10kSep 5Sep 29Oct 23Downloads per day
Active installs
Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles active installs05k10k15k20kSep 5Sep 29Oct 23Active installs
Rating out of 5
Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles rating01.32.53.85Sep 5Sep 29Oct 23Rating out of 5
Reviews
Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles review count05101520Sep 5Sep 29Oct 23Reviews

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Details

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.

The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.

Tags

  • admin bar
  • dashboard access
  • hide admin bar
  • remove admin bar
  • toolbar

More from Ankit Panchal

Version
7.5.0
Last updated
Oct 12, 2026
First published
Jul 16, 2018
Requires WordPress
5.5
Tested up to
7.1.3
Requires PHP
5.6
Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles FAQ

What does Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles offers Hide for everyone: remove the admin bar from the front end for every logged-in user, Hide for logged-out visitors: make sure visitors never see it, even when a plugin such as BuddyPress shows it to them, Hide by role: pick roles such as Subscriber, Customer or Editor, including custom roles from other plugins, Hide by capability: hide it for anyone who has a capability, for example edit_posts and Nothing added to your site’s front end: no CSS, no JavaScript, no extra database queries.

How many active installs does Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles have?

WordPress.org reports 20,000+ active installs for Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles as of October 23, 2026.

Is Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles still maintained?

Yes. The last release was on October 12, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.3.

Is Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles free?

Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.