WordPress comes with an admin bar that displays convenient shortcuts for logged in users.

This gives you quick access to administrative tasks even when viewing the front end of your website.

In this article, we will explain what the WordPress admin bar is and how to use or customize it according to your needs.

What is the WordPress admin bar?

The WordPress admin bar is a floating bar that is displayed for logged in users. It contains links to different management screens, allowing logged-in users to quickly switch to the administrative area when viewing the website.

The management bar is displayed to all users in the management area. Individual users can hide the admin bar when viewing websites by editing their user profile.

The items displayed in the WordPress admin bar vary according to user roles and permissions. For example, users with administrator roles see items in the menu bar differently than users with editor roles, etc.

Show or hide items in WordPress admin bar

Just like everything else in WordPress, the admin bar can be completely customized with custom code or WordPress plugin. Some plugins have taken advantage of this by adding their own menu items in the admin bar.

To control the admin bar, first you need to install and activate the Adminimize plugin. For more details, see our step-by-step guide on how to install WordPress plug-ins.

Once activated, go to the Settings ? Admin page and look for the Admin Bar Backend Options and Admin Bar Front End Options tabs.

Clicking each option will go to the admin bar option, where you can select the items you want to display in the WordPress admin bar. You can also select which items you can see for each user role.

Don't forget to click the "Update Options" button to save the changes.

Adminimize is a powerful plugin that allows you to not only change the admin bar, but also allows you to change any admin screen on your WordPress website.

If you are looking for an alternative, see our guide on how to hide unnecessary items from WordPress management using the Admin Menu Editor plugin.

Add custom links to the WordPress admin bar

The purpose of the WordPress admin bar is to provide quick and shortcuts to different management screens. You can further customize it by adding your own custom link to the admin bar.

To do this, you need to add custom code to your WordPress file. If you haven't done this before, check out our guide on how to copy and paste code in WordPress.

You need to add this code to the theme's functions.php file, site-specific plugin, or code snippet plugin.

We recommend using the WPCode plugin to add this code in WordPress. This is the safest and easiest way to add custom code in WordPress without editing the theme's functions.php file.

First, you need to install and activate the free WPCode plugin. If you need help, see a tutorial on how to install WordPress plug-in.

After activate WPCode, go to Code Snippets? from the WordPress dashboard. Then, navigate to the "Add Custom Code (New Snippet)" option and click the "Use Snippet" button below it.

Next, you need to add a title to the code snippet, which can be anything that can help you remember the purpose of the code.

After that, paste the above code snippet into the Code Preview box.

Don't forget to select "PHP Snippet" as the code type from the drop-down menu on the right side of the screen.

Once done, just switch the switch from Inactive to Active and click the Save Fragment button.

For more details, see our guide on how to easily add custom links to the WordPress admin bar.

Disable the admin bar for all users except administrators

The admin bar is very useful for webmasters, editors, and authors. However, it is not very useful if you are running a WordPress membership site or simply ask the user to log in to perform certain tasks.

In this case, you may want to disable the admin bar for all users except the site administrator. You need to add the following code to the theme's functions.php file, site-specific plugin, or code snippet plugin (such as WPCode).

 add_action('after_setup_theme', 'wpb_remove_admin_bar'); functionwpb_remove_admin_bar() {if(!current_user_can('administrator') && !is_admin()) { show_admin_bar(false);}}

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For more details, see the article on how to disable the WordPress admin bar for all users except administrators.

We hope this article helps you learn more about the WordPress admin bar. You may also want to check out our ultimate step-by-step WordPress security guide to make your WordPress management area safe and secure, or we recommend the best WordPress SEO plugin you should use.

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