Toggleable Admin Bar Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/toggleable-admin-bar

Allows you to toggle the admin bar on the front end. Useful for websites with fixed positioned elements where the admin bar is in the way.

200 active installs v1.3.1 PHP + WP + Updated Aug 3, 2021
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85
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is Toggleable Admin Bar Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 85/100

Toggleable Admin Bar has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs Updated 4yr ago
Risk Assessment

The "toggleable-admin-bar" plugin version 1.3.1 demonstrates a very strong security posture based on the provided static analysis. The complete absence of identified dangerous functions, SQL queries without prepared statements, unescaped output, file operations, external HTTP requests, and lack of any identified taint flows indicates meticulous coding practices. Furthermore, the plugin exhibits no known vulnerabilities in its history, suggesting a history of secure development and maintenance. The attack surface is also effectively zero, with no AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, or cron events, and all identified entry points (if any existed) would be protected. This plugin appears to be exceptionally secure and well-developed from a security perspective.

However, the complete lack of any nonces or capability checks, while not necessarily a direct vulnerability given the zero attack surface, represents a potential area for future concern should the plugin's functionality evolve to include user-facing interactions or administrative actions. This absence of standard WordPress security checks, even when not immediately exploitable, is a departure from best practices for plugins that interact with the WordPress environment in any capacity. While the current state is highly secure, this might be an oversight that could become a risk if the plugin's features expand.

In conclusion, this plugin is exceptionally secure based on the current data, with no identified vulnerabilities or risky code patterns. Its strengths lie in its robust code quality and lack of known security issues. The only minor area of consideration is the absence of nonces and capability checks, which is a deviation from standard security practices but does not pose an immediate risk due to the plugin's currently limited attack surface.

Key Concerns

  • Missing nonce checks
  • Missing capability checks
Vulnerabilities
None known

Toggleable Admin Bar Security Vulnerabilities

No known vulnerabilities — this is a good sign.
Code Analysis
Analyzed Mar 16, 2026

Toggleable Admin Bar Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
0
Raw SQL Queries
0
0 prepared
Unescaped Output
0
0 escaped
Nonce Checks
0
Capability Checks
0
File Operations
0
External Requests
0
Bundled Libraries
0
Attack Surface

Toggleable Admin Bar Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 3
actionwp_headtoggleable-admin-bar.php:196
actionwp_footertoggleable-admin-bar.php:197
actionget_headertoggleable-admin-bar.php:198
Maintenance & Trust

Toggleable Admin Bar Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested5.8.13
Last updatedAug 3, 2021
PHP min version
Downloads3K

Community Trust

Rating100/100
Number of ratings1
Active installs200
Developer Profile

Toggleable Admin Bar Developer Profile

Xanthonius

1 plugin · 200 total installs

84
trust score
Avg Security Score
85/100
Avg Patch Time
30 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect Toggleable Admin Bar

Patterns used to identify this plugin on WordPress sites during automated security audits and web crawling.

Asset Fingerprints

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
wpadminbar-dashboard-qlwpadminbar-edit-qlwpadminbar-toggleab-iconopen
Data Attributes
id="wpadminbar-dashboard-ql"id="wpadminbar-edit-ql"id="wpadminbar-toggle"class="open"
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Toggleable Admin Bar