Hide WordPress Admin Bar by Default

July 21, 2011 by Webhead

Problem:

When users register for a site, they are usually just registering to comment on a page. This means they DO NOT need the admin bar at the top hiding a portion of your page.

Solution:

To get rid of this you can add this to your functions page:

// show admin bar only for admins and editors
if (!current_user_can('edit_posts')) {
	add_filter('show_admin_bar', '__return_false');
}