Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles

Description

This plugin is very useful to hide the admin bar based on selected user roles and user capabilities.

Key Features (Free):
– Hide Admin Bar for All Users
– Hide for Guest Users / Non-Logged-In
– Hide by User Roles
– Hide by User Capabilities

✨ New in v6.0.0 — Hide Admin Bar Pro is now available!
** Auto-hide toolbar after delay (UX improvement) **
** Hide by device: mobile, tablet, desktop **
** Page-based targeting: show/hide on specific URLs **
** Per-user override: set always show/hide **
** Time-based visibility (e.g., hide at night) **
** Redirect when hidden **
** Import/export settings **
– All new logic modules conditionally loaded (no impact on free users)

Simple but great plugin. 🙂
– wptoolsdev

Works flawlessly! 🙂
– thebrazeneye

Features

Hide Admin Bar for All Users — Hides the frontend toolbar for all logged-in users.
Hide Admin Bar for All Guest Users — Hides for non-logged-in visitors.
User Roles — Select specific roles like Editor, Subscriber, etc.
Capabilities Blacklist — Hide admin bar based on capability checks (manage_options, etc.)

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Installation

Please follow below instructions to install this plugin to your WordPress website.

Unpack the entire contents of this plugin zip file into your wp-content/plugins/ folder
Upload to your site
Navigate to wp-admin/plugins.php on your site
Activate the plugin

OR
Install it via Plugins Add New Search: Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles

Screenshots

Hide admin bar for all users
Hide by roles or capabilities

Faq

Is this plugin works with latest WordPress 6+ versions?

Yes, It is compatible with latest WordPress versions 3.9+

Is it compatible with other 3rd party plugins and themes?

Yes, It works fine with any 3rd party WordPress themes and plugins.

Is this plugin hide admin bar for guest users as well?

Yes, This plugin hides admin bar for guest users as well.

Do you offer a Pro version?

Yes! Hide Admin Bar Pro unlocks advanced features like page-level targeting, device rules, per-user overrides, time-based logic, redirect after hide, and more. Learn More

Reviews

Hides the admin bar even when I'm an administrator

By Norman Cates (normancates) on December 13, 2023

Hides the admin bar for Administrator role, even though I've told it to allow Administrators to see the bar.

hide admin bar even though I’m admin

By syyymonsyy on December 12, 2023

hide admin bar even though I’m admin

It's working very well after update

By mich08 on March 9, 2023

It's working very well after recent update.

After an update, the admin bar appeared for all users.

By upwithit on July 6, 2022

I had to uninstall this plugin. After a recent update - I'm not sure when - the admin bar appeared for all users on the front end, whether they were logged in or not. Apparently, the update requires you to opt out of that functionality. That is literally the opposite of what the plugin was supposed to do. Since I'm more or less always logged in to the site, I didn't realize the admin bar was appearing on the front end for over a week.

AWESOME

By ceef454 on April 5, 2022

I usually don't take time to give reviews, this thing is quick and magic! thank you!

Hidden but not hidden

By leolivenl on January 18, 2022

When activated the admin panel is still accessible by typing /wp-admin/ after the site address! How to disable real access?

Excellent plugin

By menzah on December 6, 2021

Thank you for great and helpful plugin. Highly compact very simple to use.

Works as Described

By ellice909 on September 21, 2021

I really enjoy concise, targeted plugins that make a simple promise and fulfill. This plug-in does the trick. I even have another plug-in that toggles the Admin bar from the front end, and this plug-in still works to hide the admin bar. Thank you.

thank you

By wemnael on April 25, 2021

Works as expecting. Great plugin. Nice work.

Simple and easy!

By markasmith89 on April 9, 2021

It worked great.

Changelog

7.0.1 – 25-11-2025

Fixed some bugs and improvements.

6.0.3 – 03-07-2025

Fixed some bugs and improvements.

6.0.2 – 03-06-2025

Fixed some bugs and improvements.

6.0.0 – 20-04-2025

Major release: Pro version launched (optional, upgrade via Freemius)
Added: Auto Hide Admin Bar (Pro)
Added: Page-based, device-based, and time-based visibility modules (Pro)
Added: Per-user override, redirect on hide, import/export
Improved: Settings layout and compatibility with other plugins
Refactored: Modular architecture for clean feature handling

5.2.0 – 02-04-2025

I18N Issues Fixes
Compatibility tested & Tested with the latest WordPress version.

5.0.0 – 16-02-2025

Admin ui updated.
Compatibility tested & Tested with the latest WordPress version.

1.4

Code Improvements, GUI Updated, New Feature Integration.

1.3

Code Improvements, GUI Updated.

1.2

Fixed some bugs and improvements and new feature added -> Hide admin bar for all guest users.

1.1

Fixed some bugs and improvements.

1.0

First release