Easily hide or show the front-end WordPress Admin Toolbar with a click of a button.
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….
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…
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
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 – excellent and useful!
How did I not find this one before. Perfect.
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.
| WordPress | 3.8+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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