disable admin bar for subscribers

Hi!

What is the error you get when you try it?

SportsPress doesn’t have any functions to force that bar to be displayed so it should work fine.

Kind Regards,
-Roch

Hi, I dont get an error as such, it just wont remove. I have tried a lot of plugins but none seem to work. I cannot hide the admin bar. I need the site to look just like a site for subscribers and no admin bar / dashboard or even profile editing to be available. I am really struggling with this one. I have also had issues with setting user roles.

Hi!

I recommend you trying different plugins then. Our theme or plugin don’t really change that.

Also you could add a bit of custom code to hide the admin bar for subscribers, it’s really simple and you could even code a plugin for that in less than 1h

Kind Regards,
-Roch

As Roch mentioned, this is not related to the theme, but here’s a simple function to hide the admin bar and disable admin access for subscribers:

function my_remove_admin_bar() {
	if ( ! ( defined( 'DOING_AJAX' ) && DOING_AJAX ) && ! current_user_can( 'edit_posts' ) ) {
		if ( is_admin() ) {
			wp_redirect( home_url() );
			exit;
		} else {
			show_admin_bar( false );
		}
	}
}
add_action( 'after_setup_theme', 'my_remove_admin_bar' );

Hi, thanks for the reply. I have a feeling it maybe due to some other plugins conflicting. I well remove or deactivate anything to do with admin bar etc and see his I get on. I have built the site now around the rookie template which I like so hopefully can keep that as it is. If only I knew for to code a plugin, that would be great. In looking to see a comparison between the free version and pro version of sports press to see how we will benefit from pro. Is there anywhere I can see this. Thanks again.

Hi Brian, thanks for the help also, please can you tell me where I need to put the code? I have not as yet edited and files, only through plugins. I have not attempted FTP access for fear of damaging my site? Can this be added to a custom CSS or something along those lines or does the actual file need editing?

Thanks again

@nparsons75 Download this file, unzip, and upload via WP Admin > Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin

Hi Brian,

Is this a plugin then, if anything goes wrong will I be able to reverse the installation? Will it remove the admin for subscribers? Excellent, thanks so much for the help.

@nparsons75 Yes it will remove the admin for subscribers. You could allow access to the admin area, but still hide the admin bar if you want, by removing the line:

show_admin_bar( false );

The plugin itself doesn’t affect any of the data on your site, so you could easily revert back by disabling the plugin if it doesn’t work out.

Amazing, I will try it when I get home from work later today. I will let you know how I get on. Fingers crossed…. Thank you again for your time, really appreciated.

Alright then!

Let us know how it works!

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Kind Regards,
-Roch