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Hide WP Toolbar

Easily hide or show the front-end WordPress Admin Toolbar with a click of a button.

By Jeremy Saxey·Hide·Free
4.9(13 reviews)
·1.0K+ active installs·Updated 11 months ago
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As of April 2026, Hide WP Toolbar is a WordPress hide plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 4.9/5 rating from 13 reviews. It has been downloaded 54K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.8+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2012. Downloads are up 32% this week. Top alternative: Email Encoder – Protect Email Addresses….

4.9/513 reviews
1.0K+active installs
54K+total downloads
14 yearssince 2012

Overview

Easily hide or show the front-end WordPress Admin Toolbar with a click of a button. The plugin adds a special button to the right side of the WordPress Admin Toolbar that only displays when you are outside the admin area of WordPress on the front-end. Clicking it will make the admin bar slide off the page to the top left corner, leaving only the hide/show button visible. Clicking the button again will restore the Toolbar to its original position. The shown/hidden position is remembered between page visits so that it can be kept hidden away until you are ready to bring it back.

There are no options or configuration. Just install and activate the plugin. When you exit the admin area, you will see the button to the far right of the Toolbar.

I actually like the WordPress Toolbar. It’s a…

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Ratings & Reviews

4.913 reviews
5 ★
12
4 ★
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3 ★
0
2 ★
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1 ★
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Recent Reviews

Very good plugin, I can preview my website in detail without logging out.
by diegoamorin·6 months ago

I always had this problem, and while searching I came across your plugin. It’s great that you can open and close the admin so easily

does not make it easy to slide back out
by ofihsdfoi·1 year ago·4 replies

the restore button is supposed to be an arrow but it’s showing as a magnifying glass which does not work to slide it back out. it’s broken or something but it’s not usable.

Thank you
by raoulunger·1 year ago

Thank you – excellent and useful!

Thank You !
by ianstudio·3 years ago

How did I not find this one before. Perfect.

Almost perfect.
by Eric·3 years ago·2 replies

WordPress transients are not working. I tested it with a clean install of WordPress 6.0 and the toolbar state is not saved. I have to click the button every time I refresh the page.

  • This topic was modified 3 years, 10 months ago by Eric.

Download Trends

Today: 12Yesterday: 12This week: 78Period total: 4K

Compatibility

WordPress3.8+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5
PHPfalse+ required

Version Adoption

v2.7
83.0%
v2.6
8.1%
v2.4
6.1%
Other
2.8%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

2.7

  • Fix arrow button position in WordPress 6.6+
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Jeremy SaxeyJeremy Saxey
Plugin Info
Version
2.7
Last Updated
Apr 11, 2025
WP Requires
3.8+
Tested Up To
6.8.5
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
1.0K+
Downloads
54K+
Added
Sep 10, 2012
Business
Free

Tags

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Developer

J
Jeremy Saxey
1 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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