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Show Environment in Admin Bar

Add an indication to the Admin Bar of the environment WordPress is running in (e.g., Prod, Staging, QA, Dev, etc).

By Paul Biron·Admin·Free
5(3 reviews)
·200 active installs·Updated 1 year ago
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As of April 2026, Show Environment in Admin Bar is a WordPress admin plugin with 200 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 3 reviews. It has been downloaded 12K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.6+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2017. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Loginizer.

5/53 reviews
200active installs
12K+total downloads
9 yearssince 2017

Overview

If you’re like me, you often have multiple versions of the same WordPress site open in different browser windows, e.g., production in one window and development in another window.

And if you’re like me, you have also unwittingly edited content in the production environment thinking you were doing so in the development environment or vice versa.

If so, then this plugin is for you!

It adds an indication of the current environment to the Admin Bar that is easier to see than examining the URL in your browser’s address bar.

Out-of-the-box behavior

Out-of-the-box, 2 different environments are recognized:

  • Production
    • The node added to the Admin Bar has a red background (i.e., Stop/be careful with any changes you make).
    • If neither a staging, QA, nor development environment is…
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Ratings & Reviews

53 reviews
5 ★
3
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3 ★
0
2 ★
0
1 ★
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Compatibility

WordPress4.6+ requiredTested up to 6.6.5
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.2.1 (2024-07-15)

  • Bug fix: forgot to declare $wp_version as a global in SHC_Show_Env:init(). D’oh!
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Paul BironPaul Biron
Plugin Info
Version
1.2.1
Last Updated
Jul 16, 2024
WP Requires
4.6+
Tested Up To
6.6.5
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
200
Downloads
12K+
Added
Aug 8, 2017
Business
Free

Tags

adminadmin bar

Developer

P
Paul Biron
2 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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