Hide Admin Bar from Non-Admins
by Andrew Lima · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 6 other plugins · 55.8K+ installs across the portfolio →
Hides the WordPress toolbar (admin bar) for all non-admin users. Simple plugin with no settings to configure.
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Health
A 86/100
no flags
Active installs
10K+
≈15K estimated
Momentum
+18%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “hide admin”, “admin toolbar” and “wordpress admin bar” to your wp.org tags. You rank #4, #7 and #10 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.
86 health vs 56 average across 5,902 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →4.1%
of downloads still active
At least 10K of 243.2K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,194 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Details
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Well tuned across the board
Updated 81 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8; the current branch is 7.1
4.3★ over 30 reviews, smoothed to 4.17★
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
43
Momentum
Holding steady
+0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
27%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+0.2
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| admins | #2 | #4 | up 1 |
| admin bar your tag | #3 | #4 | 0 |
| hide admin bar | #3 | #4 | 0 |
| hide admin | #4 | #6 | 0 |
| adminbar your tag | #4 | #2 | 0 |
| hide administrator bar | #2 | #3 | 0 |
| hide admin toolbar | #2 | #3 | 0 |
| hide toolbar | #4 | #5 | 0 |
| wordpress hide admin bar | #3 | #5 | up 1 |
| show and hide admin bar | #3 | #5 | up 1 |
| no admin bar | #3 | #4 | — |
| admin bar hide | #5 | #7 | 0 |
| admin toolbar | #7 | #9 | 0 |
| wp admin bar | #8 | #13 | up 1 |
| hide admin bar by roles | #5 | #7 | 0 |
| hide bar | #5 | #7 | 0 |
| wordpress admin bar | #10 | #14 | 0 |
| wordpress admin bar hide | #6 | #9 | 0 |
| wp admin bar hide | #6 | #11 | 0 |
| wp hide admin bar | #6 | #11 | up 1 |
| dashboard your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
58 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 20 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Add “hide admin”, “admin toolbar” and “wordpress admin bar” to your wp.org tags. You rank #4, #7 and #10 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 10.2K · peaks are release surges
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow 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
2.0y ago
latest release · v1.0.2 · 18 Nov 2024
3
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “10K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2.5 years ago; the previous band took 3.5 years to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 14 Nov 2019
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Stanislav2.5y ago
Интерфейс оставляет ожидать лучшего!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ samantha34.7y ago
Works perfectly. For a membership site, I don’t want anyone seeing the admin bar except admins! Thank you 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ menzah5.0y ago
The plugin is highly efficient, Works exactly as described and expected.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Mark Waters5.3y ago
Works Perfectly with WordPress 5.7.2 Thank you! Mark.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ aleksandartalic6.5y 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
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ hotnwet6.8y ago
Gr8t Job
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ rxtarcher6.8y ago
Works like a charm! It just deactivated WP admin bar for everyone else except Administrators. Thank you!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ chistudio7.2y ago
Good ThankYou.
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- 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
- 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
- — Version 1.0 Initial version of the plugin. 1.0
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
4 of 8 pass · checked 2 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Hides the WordPress toolbar (admin bar) for all non-admin users. Simple plugin with no settings to configure."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("use this", "who needs", "if you need").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Yoast.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 579 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 4 tags appear in the text; "adminbar" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-04-30 20K+ → 10K+ down after 1282 days in tier
- 2020-10-26 30K+ → 20K+ down after 731 days in tier
- 2018-10-26 20K+ → 30K+ up after 1146 days in tier
- 2015-09-06 10K+ → 20K+ up
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
- D Disable Toolbar 1K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags D
-
Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles – Disable the WordPress Toolbar by Role or Capability 20K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
Bricks Navigator 8K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
which template file 4K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags C -
Auto Hide Admin Bar 3K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Better Admin Bar 3K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B
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