Is Disable Toolbar free?

Yes, Disable Toolbar is free to use. It is available as a free plugin on WordPress.org.

How many websites use Disable Toolbar?

Disable Toolbar has 1.0K+ active installations as tracked by WordPress.org.

What are the best Disable Toolbar alternatives?

Popular alternatives to Disable Toolbar include Show Current Template, What The File, Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles. You can compare them side-by-side on our comparison pages.

Does Disable Toolbar work with the latest WordPress?

Disable Toolbar has been tested up to WordPress 4.9.29. It requires WordPress 3.1+ and PHP false+.

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Disable Toolbar

Name: Disable Toolbar
Rating: 4.9 (17 reviews)
Author: Michael Dance

Control who sees the WP Toolbar when viewing your site.

By Michael Dance·Toolbar·Free

4.9(17 reviews)

·1.0K+ active installs·Updated 8 years ago

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As of April 2026, Disable Toolbar is a WordPress toolbar plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 4.9/5 rating from 17 reviews. It has been downloaded 27K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Last updated 8 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are up 29% this week. Top alternative: Show Current Template.

4.9/517 reviews

1.0K+active installs

27K+total downloads

12 yearssince 2014

Overview

This humble plugin adds an option in Settings > General that controls who sees the WP Toolbar when viewing your site.

You can turn the Toolbar on or off per user role.

Note that this controls the public, front-end version of your site. When viewing the dashboard, the toolbar always appears.

How is this different from other plugins that do similar things? It’s smaller, cleaner, and doesn’t add any unnecesary settings pages. It’s also smart enough to hide the Toolbar option on user profiles if that user is already restricted from seeing the toolbar.

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Recent Reviews

Simply brilliant

by rickjohns·7 years ago

They simplest is best and this plugin is no exception. Install, activate, tick the boxes and save … and you’re done. Works out of the box, no fuss, no hassles and makes your site logged in look really professional.

Nice ‘N Easy

by gaiusg·7 years ago

Does exactly what it says it does, without fuss or trouble.
Every WP role and bbPress (Forum) role can be addressed individually, very nice.

Super usefull!

by agustin866·7 years ago

I wanted that certain role of users can not see or have access to the Worpress desktop or any wordpress feature form the backend.
In seconds this plugin did just that! Installed it, selected the user role I want to block and boom! All done , in seconds. And all from the Settings > General panel, this plugin its so great and humble that even fits happily in there.
ITs small, light and simple, what else do you want!!! I can not thank you enough!