Description
MM Admin Bar Manager is a lightweight, single-purpose plugin. Once activated, it hides the WordPress admin navigation bar (admin toolbar) from the front end of your site.
What is MM Admin Bar Manager?
It is a simple solution for WordPress websites that need to hide the admin toolbar from the frontend, with zero configuration required.
Why disable the admin bar?
Sometimes you want to preview your site the way a regular visitor would, without the admin toolbar overlaying the top of every page.
How does it remove the admin bar?
The plugin hooks into WordPress core and disables the admin toolbar on the frontend. It is lightweight, adds no settings pages, and stores no data in your database.
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Installation
Install MM Admin Bar Manager via the WordPress dashboard (from the plugin directory or from your computer), or upload the files manually to your server and activate the plugin.
Install via the WordPress dashboard (from the plugin directory)
- Visit Plugins > Add New.
- Search for “MM Admin Bar Manager”.
- Install and activate the plugin.
Install via the WordPress dashboard (from your computer)
- Download the MM Admin Bar Manager plugin.
- Visit Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin.
- Choose the plugin file in .zip format.
- Click the “Install Now” button, then activate after installation.
Install by uploading files manually
- Download the MM Admin Bar Manager plugin and unzip the folder.
- Upload the folder to your /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
- Activate the plugin from the WordPress dashboard.
FAQ
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How do I hide the admin bar on the frontend?
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Activate the plugin. That’s it, no configuration needed.
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How do I get the admin bar back?
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Deactivate the plugin and the admin bar returns.
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Does the plugin store any data?
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No. It adds no options to the database and requires no cleanup on uninstall.
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Contributors & Developers
“MM Admin Bar Manager” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
“MM Admin Bar Manager” has been translated into 5 locales. Thank you to the translators for their contributions.
Translate “MM Admin Bar Manager” into your language.
Interested in development?
Browse the code, check out the SVN repository, or subscribe to the development log by RSS.
Changelog
1.11
Release Date – 30 July 2026
- Renamed the plugin to “MM Admin Bar Manager”.
- Removed the plugin migration notice.
- Updated the author details.
- Hardened the codebase to follow WordPress Coding Standards and plugin guidelines.
- Tested with WordPress 7.0.
1.10
Release Date – 2 January 2026
- Routine maintenance.
1.9
Release Date – 8 November 2025
- Tested with WordPress v6.9.
1.8
Release Date – 19 April 2025
- Code optimized.
1.7
Release Date – 15 April 2025
- Tested with WordPress v6.8.
1.6
Release Date – 9 April 2024
- Tested with WordPress v6.5.
1.5
Release Date – 8 January 2024
- Tested with WordPress v6.4.2.
- Reorganized the plugin structure.
- Optimized the code.
1.4
Release Date – 7 November 2023
- Tested with WordPress v6.4.
1.3
Release Date – 28 September 2023
- Tested with WordPress v6.3.1.
- Optimized the code.
1.2
Release Date – 10 August 2023
- Tested with WordPress v6.3.
- Optimized the code.
1.1
Release Date – 3 April 2023
- Tested with WordPress v6.2.
- Added translation support.
- Added admin notification.
1.0
Release Date – 30 July 2021
- Initial release.