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Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles – Disable the WordPress Toolbar by Role, Device or Page v7.2.5

The complete WordPress admin bar control plugin Hide Admin Bar Based On User Roles gives you complete control over who sees the WordPress admin bar (toolbar) on the frontend of your site. Remove the a...

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  • Audit coverage Not yet audited newest version pending
  • On Plugin Auditor since Sep 11, 2026
  • Last audited Sep 11, 2026

Compatibility & requirements

The PHP and WordPress versions this plugin needs, and how current its version support is.

  • Requires PHP 5.6+
  • Requires WordPress 5.5+
  • Tested up to WP 7.0 WP 7.1.3 is current
  • Version adoption 58% run the current version

Audit scores by category

125 checks

How this plugin scores across the six areas we audit, from security to accessibility.

  • 76 Passed
  • 37 Warnings
  • 12 Failed
Security 54/100
Needs Improvement

20 of 37 checks passed.

Code Quality 66/100
Needs Improvement

40 of 61 checks passed.

Performance 75/100
Needs Improvement

9 of 12 checks passed.

Compatibility 67/100
Needs Improvement

4 of 6 checks passed.

Privacy 33/100
Poor

1 of 3 checks passed.

Accessibility 33/100
Poor

2 of 6 checks passed.

Code footprint

How much code ships in this plugin, and the file types that make it up.

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ZIP file size

2.1 MB

5.7 MB unzipped

Total files

237

across all file types

Lines of PHP

61,958

in 162 files Large

File types

  • PHP
  • CSS
  • MO
  • PNG
  • Other

Top issues

The most important findings from the latest audit, ordered by severity.

  • 3 Critical
  • 597 High
  • 195 Medium
  • 222 Low

This is a preview of notable findings. Full file-level results, line numbers and code context are in the scan.

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How scores changed across versions

Across 30 audited versions of Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles – Disable the WordPress Toolbar by Role, Device or Page, The largest regression was in Privacy (-67). The codebase grew 5563% in size.

Audited 3.6.2 → 7.2.4 · 30 versions

0 50 100 3.6.2 3.9.3 6.0.5 7.2.4

How issues changed across versions

Findings by severity for each audited version, so you can see which issues were fixed over time.

0 518 1035 3.6.2 3.9.3 6.0.5 7.2.4

Download momentum

How fast this plugin is being installed lately, and whether that pace is rising or slowing.

Last 7 days

1,334

downloads

Today

207

downloads

Week over week

−41%

vs previous week

Month over month

−3%

vs previous month

Download trend: Steady. Abandonment risk: None.

Version intelligence

43% of installs run an older version

≈ 8.5K+ sites on a lower-scoring version.

  • Other
  • v6.0
  • v7.0
  • v7.2

Ratings

20 ratings on WordPress.org

  • 5 14
  • 4 0
  • 3 0
  • 2 1
  • 1 5

Maintenance & history

How actively this plugin is kept up, from its last update to its release history.

Last updated

This month

Aug 5, 2026

Actively maintained

Release cadence

~ every 38 days

average between releases

Total releases

64

since Jul 2018 · 8 yrs

Contributors & developers

The people credited with building and maintaining this plugin.

Running Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles in Your Site?

Our latest audit of Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles v7.2.5 flagged 1,017 issues. Scan your own copy to see each one with its exact file, line number, and a recommended fix.

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