Description
Admin Toolbar Visibility Control gives site owners one central place to control who sees the WordPress admin toolbar on the front end.
WordPress already includes a per-user “Show Toolbar when viewing site” profile option. This plugin is for stores, membership sites, LMS portals, customer dashboards, and client-facing websites where administrators need a role-based policy instead of editing users one by one.
Choose the roles that should not see the front-end toolbar, review user counts and role recommendations, and save the policy from Settings > Admin Toolbar.
Built for customer-facing WordPress sites
Use it for:
- WooCommerce customer accounts
- SureCart customer portals
- Easy Digital Downloads buyers
- Paid Memberships Pro members
- MemberPress members
- LearnDash students
- LMS and customer dashboards
- Client-facing logged-in websites
What stays protected
- Administrators are never affected.
- wp-admin screens are never affected.
- Logged-out visitors are not affected.
- Roles you do not select are not affected.
Smart role recommendations
The settings page detects supported active plugins and highlights relevant customer-facing roles when those roles exist:
- WooCommerce
- SureCart
- Easy Digital Downloads
- Paid Memberships Pro
- MemberPress
- LearnDash
These are recommendations only. You remain in control of which roles are selected.
If no supported plugin is active, you can still use the generic role-based control.
Screenshots
Settings page showing global status, detected integrations, role selection, and summary in a clearer section layout. 
Detected integrations and recommended customer-facing roles in the settings screen. 
Plugins screen showing Admin Toolbar Visibility Control active. 
Front-end view confirming administrators still keep the WordPress toolbar.
Installation
- Upload the plugin folder to the
/wp-content/plugins/directory, or install it from WordPress.org. - Activate the plugin through the Plugins screen in WordPress.
- Go to Settings > Admin Toolbar.
- Enable toolbar visibility control if you want the policy active.
- Select the roles that should not see the front-end toolbar.
- Save your changes.
FAQ
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Will this affect wp-admin or the block editor?
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No. The plugin only controls the front-end toolbar. wp-admin screens, including the block editor, are never affected.
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Can administrators lose access to the toolbar?
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No. Administrators are protected and will continue to see the toolbar.
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Does this replace WordPress’s per-user toolbar profile option?
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No. WordPress still has the per-user setting. This plugin adds centralized role-based control for site owners.
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No. The plugin can recommend common customer-facing roles, but you choose and save the roles yourself.
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Does this work with custom roles?
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Yes. Any editable role except Administrator can be selected from the Role Selection table.
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Does this use CSS to hide the toolbar?
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No. The plugin uses WordPress’s
show_admin_barfilter. -
Does this track users or send data externally?
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No. The plugin does not track users, send external requests, or include upsells.
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Does the plugin include Hindi translations?
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Yes. The settings screen includes bundled Hindi translations for sites using the Hindi locale.
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Contributors & Developers
“Admin Toolbar Visibility Control” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
2.0.2
- Improved settings page hierarchy, spacing, responsive behavior, and version visibility.
- Improved settings notice placement on the plugin settings page.
- Added WordPress Playground blueprint support for the WordPress.org Live Preview flow.
- Added requirement metadata to the main plugin file for WordPress.org compatibility parsing.
2.0.1
- Improved role-selection accessibility with explicit checkbox labels and a screen-reader table caption.
- Added settings feedback output on the settings screen.
- Added bundled Hindi translations for the plugin settings screen.
- Updated the author URL.
- Improved screenshot captions for a more user-focused plugin listing.
2.0.0
- Renamed plugin to Admin Toolbar Visibility Control.
- Kept the original main plugin file for backward compatibility.
- Added Settings > Admin Toolbar.
- Added role-based front-end toolbar visibility control.
- Added administrator and wp-admin protections.
- Added WooCommerce, SureCart, Easy Digital Downloads, Paid Memberships Pro, MemberPress, and LearnDash detection.
- Added user counts and role recommendations in the settings screen.
1.0
- Initial launch.