Title: [Plugin: Custom Admin Bar]
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: Custom Admin Bar]

 *  [h34dbanger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/h34dbanger/)
 * (@h34dbanger)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-custom-admin-bar/)
 * Hi there,
 * i thought the custom admin bar plugin would replace the wordpress drop-down menu
   from the admin bar. when i install it, however, it shows up IN ADDITION to the
   wordpress dropdown. i am running a wordpress network.
 * also, it seems to me that i could access the plugin setting only after i had 
   installed and activated the plugin on each individual site (in addition to network-
   activating it).
 * thanks for assistance

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 *  [Kye](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gmax21/)
 * (@gmax21)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-custom-admin-bar/#post-2500151)
 * Hey h34dbanger.
 * You are correct the plugin is to create a custom admin bar drop down.
 * There are a few options to either edit or remove the default WP links. First 
   the manual edits:
 * Open the file:
 * /wp-includes/class-wp-admin-bar.php
 * And around line 456:
 *     ```
       add_action( 'admin_bar_menu', 'wp_admin_bar_wp_menu', 10 );
       ```
   
 * Comment it out or just remove the whole line. Now the WP links part is all gone!
   🙂
 * But….. But……… If you wanted to edit those links to customise yourself, you could
   just go open up the file:
 * /wp-includes/admin-bar.php
 * You’ll see it all near the top, here is a short snippet:
 *     ```
       if ( is_user_logged_in() ) {
       		// Add "About WordPress" link
       		$wp_admin_bar->add_menu( array(
       			'parent' => 'wp-logo',
       			'id'     => 'about',
       			'title'  => __('About WordPress'),
       			'href'   => admin_url('about.php'),
       		) );
       	}
       ```
   
 * You will note much of the same on there.
 * The logo is part of a sprite which can be found here:
 * /wp-includes/images/admin-bar-sprite.png
 * Both of these options mean updating the code every time you upgrade your WP install.
 * And now the final option, which is the easiest, but its yet another plugin………
 * I posted that plugin here:
 * [http://auroral.co.uk/2012/01/12/wordpress-remove-wp-drop-down-links/](http://auroral.co.uk/2012/01/12/wordpress-remove-wp-drop-down-links/)
 * Its free to use.

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 * 1 reply
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Kye](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gmax21/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-custom-admin-bar/#post-2500151)
 * Status: not resolved

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