Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles – Disable the WordPress Toolbar by Role or Capability vs Switcher
Two WordPress plugins head to head: ranking, active installs, downloads and ratings, from our daily tracking of the WordPress.org directory.
These aren’t all alternatives to each other — they do different jobs — so this page compares popularity only, not features.
At a glance
Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles – Disable the WordPress Toolbar by Role or Capability ranks #1,168 on the popular list; Switcher is outside the top 500 we capture daily. Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles – Disable the WordPress Toolbar by Role or Capability has the largest install base, roughly 667× the next: 20K+ active installs against 30+ for Switcher. Downloads this week: Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles – Disable the WordPress Toolbar by Role or Capability 9,303 and Switcher 12. Ratings: Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles – Disable the WordPress Toolbar by Role or Capability 3.9★ from 20 and Switcher 5★ from 1 reviews.
| Metric | Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles – Disable the WordPress Toolbar by Role or Capability | Switcher |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank today | #1,168 ▼ 2 | outside top 500 |
| Active installs | 20K+ | 30+ |
| Downloads, last 7 days | 9,303 | 12 |
| Rating | 3.9★ (20) | 5★ (1) |
| Last updated | Oct 12, 2026 | Oct 15, 2026 |
| Current version | 7.5.0 | 1.3.0 |
| Best rank on record | #1,154 | #23,657 |
| Days in the top 50 | 0 | 0 |
| On WordPress.org since | Jul 2018 | Nov 2017 |
Highlighted cells mark the strongest figure in each row. Rank and installs are from the latest WordPress.org capture; downloads are the last seven captured days.
Ranking history Lower is better
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Frequently asked questions
Which is more popular, Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles – Disable the WordPress Toolbar by Role or Capability or Switcher?
By active installs, Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles – Disable the WordPress Toolbar by Role or Capability: 20K+ sites run it against 30+ for Switcher, according to WordPress.org figures captured on October 16, 2026.
Are Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles – Disable the WordPress Toolbar by Role or Capability or Switcher alternatives to each other?
Not all of them. Some of these plugins do different jobs and many sites run more than one. This page compares their popularity, not their features.
Where do these numbers come from?
WordPress.org publishes each plugin’s active install count and its position on the popular list. This site records both every day, along with per-day downloads and ratings, so the charts above show how the plugins have moved over time rather than a single day.