This plugin replaces the admin bar (at the top of the frontend screen) by a sticky 'Go To Admin Screen' button
As of April 2026, Floating Admin Button is a WordPress button plugin with 10 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 3.5K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.8+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Last updated 4 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: AddQuicktag.
It’s a, lightweight, jQuery based plugin.
The best part: you can drag and drop the button to anywhere you want!
The new position will be used till the session ends.
After starting a new session it will use the default position again.
Also cool is: you can toggle between the WP Admin Bar and the Floating Admin Button!
Just press the custom hotkey (configurable on the Settings page).
NOTE: DEFAULT HOTKEY IS CTRL-F8
Second use of the plugin:
Disable the button on the settings page. In this mode you can toggle the WP-Admin bar on and off by pressing a, self-defined, hotkey.
You can configure the plugin via:
WP Admin Panel » Settings » Floating Admin But…
| WordPress | 2.8+ requiredTested up to 5.8.13 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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