A very simple and minimal plugin to hide the admin bar and only show it on pages with keyboard shortcut ctrl+alt+s
As of April 2026, Hide and Show Admin Bar is a WordPress bilal afridi plugin with 10 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 1.3K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.0.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2020. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns.
A very simple and minimal plugin to hide the admin bar and only show it on pages with keyboard shortcut ctrl+alt+s. That’s all you need to do.
You can use this plugin to resolve the problem when CDN is caching your admin bar for non logged in users.
In other words if you are using CDN to cache your pages and non logged in users see wordpress admin bar you should give this plugin a try. It will resolve your problem to only show admin bar when you need it.
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| WordPress | 5.0.1+ requiredTested up to 6.6.5 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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