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Hide Admin Bar from Non-Admins

by Andrew Lima · Admin & Utilities

Also makes 5 other plugins · 65.8K+ installs across the portfolio →

Hides the WordPress toolbar (admin bar) for all non-admin users. Simple plugin with no settings to configure.

How scoring works →
86 Health · A
Maintenance 100/100
Rating quality 81/100
Support 70/100

86 health vs 54 average across 3,790 Admin & Utilities plugins

Directory ranking optimization

How it's scored →

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

94 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Well tuned across the board

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 84/100
Listing tuning 92/100

Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+63% vs prior 30d
48Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

900

now · peak 10.2K

90830d downloads · Aug 26

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

Hide Admin Bar from · #1756 you Disable Toolbar · #5357 Hide Admin Bar Based · #1166 which template file · #3508

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.3Stars · Aug 26

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

91per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

0

releases in the last 12 months

1.8y ago

latest release · v1.0.2

3

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.0.2 · 1.8y ago1.0.1 · 2.4y ago1.0 · 4.6y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “10K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
10K–20K ≈19K

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2015-04-02 · 1,448 observations

10KInstalls · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price.

Details

Version
1.0.2
Last updated
16d ago
Added
2013-06-20 · 13 yrs old
Requires WP
5.2
Tested up to
7.0.4
Requires PHP

Recent reviews

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  1. Stanislav
    2.3y ago

    Интерфейс оставляет ожидать лучшего!

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  2. samantha3
    4.5y ago

    Works perfectly. For a membership site, I don’t want anyone seeing the admin bar except admins! Thank you 🙂

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  3. menzah
    4.8y ago

    The plugin is highly efficient, Works exactly as described and expected.

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  4. Mark Waters
    5.1y ago

    Works Perfectly with WordPress 5.7.2 Thank you! Mark.

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  5. aleksandartalic
    6.3y ago

    I tried more than 5 plugins, this one is the best, it shows toolbar for admin, but it hides it from users. Thank you, you deserve this positive comment

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  6. hotnwet
    6.6y ago

    Gr8t Job

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  7. rxtarcher
    6.7y ago

    Works like a charm! It just deactivated WP admin bar for everyone else except Administrators. Thank you!

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  8. chistudio
    7.1y ago

    Good ThankYou.

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Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. 2024-11-13 Version 1.0.2 ENHANCEMENT: Update tested up to WordPress 6.7. ENHANCEMENT: Preparing plugin to be put up for adoption. 1.0.2
  2. 2022-04-11 Version 1.0.1 ENHANCEMENT: Added habfna_show_admin_bar_roles filter to show the admin toolbar for additional roles. BUG FIX: Fixed code to hide the admin bar from non-admins when viewing the Edit Profile WordPress admin page. 1.0.1
  3. Version 1.0 Initial version of the plugin. 1.0

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.7

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2024-04-30 20K+ → 10K+ down

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Hide Admin Bar from Non-Admins: 10K+ active installs, 4.3★ (30 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/hide-admin-bar-from-non-admins