Mar
15
2011

Remove the New WordPress 3.1 Admin Bar

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I have had to use this little bit of code a few times for multiple clients who didn’t want the new WordPress 3.1 admin bar. All you need to do is add this snippet to your theme’s functions.php and all of the admin bar functionality will be removed:

/* Disable the Admin Bar. */
add_filter( 'show_admin_bar', '__return_false' );
remove_action( 'personal_options', '_admin_bar_preferences' );

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Discussion 12 Comments

  1. Jesper on March 21, 2011 at 9:28 am

    Thanks a bunch! Saved me some time there… :)

  2. George, the nite version. on March 24, 2011 at 3:08 am

    …or maybe they can just go to Users > Your profile > Hide admin bar?

    • c.bavota on March 24, 2011 at 10:37 am

      Sure they can, but that just works for each individual users and some people might want to turn this off for their entire site.

  3. Richard on March 30, 2011 at 11:20 am

    Worked like a dream, thanks.

  4. Sten on May 19, 2011 at 2:44 pm

    I see no reason to remove the bar. In opposite, I like this new feature, because it is very convenient.

  5. Staupenet on May 25, 2011 at 4:07 pm

    Thanks so much!! Exactly what I needed.

  6. John on July 23, 2011 at 5:56 pm

    Works like a charm. This might be the same contained in a plugin but am not sure.

    http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/disable-admin-bar/

  7. david miller on August 2, 2011 at 3:50 am

    Worked perfectly and I am not at all talented on word press. Thanks for the guidance.

  8. Graham on August 8, 2011 at 4:01 am

    Thanks for that, that pesky admin bar has been bugging me, it will be a relief to get it out of sight!

  9. Deek P on August 19, 2011 at 11:22 am

    Thank ya! Thank ya!

  10. moon sun on September 1, 2011 at 1:59 am

    yes me also thankful.

  11. Ryan on September 4, 2011 at 4:17 am

    Whew! Just when I thought I was going to have to live with that admin bar…Thanks a bunch!