The WordPress Admin Bar may be useful but has the potential to disrupt the frontend display of your site while logged in if you are using a background image. To disable the WordPress Admin Bar which is a new feature in WordPress 3.1, place this code in your theme functions.php file.
This code snippet does 2 things:
- Disables the Admin Bar
- Removes the Admin Bar user options from the edit user profile page
/** * Remove WordPress 3.1 Admin Bar and User Options * * @author Jen Baumann * @link http://dreamwhisperdesigns.com/?p=439 */ if ( function_exists( 'show_admin_bar' ) ) { remove_action( 'personal_options', '_admin_bar_preferences' ); add_filter( 'show_admin_bar', '__return_false' ); }
Update: The final release of WordPress 3.1 provided user profile options for the adminbar and fixed potential site layout issues.
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