is_admin_bar_showing() │ WP 3.1.0

Checks whether the "Admin bar" (toolbar) will be shown (or has already been shown). That is, whether the admin panel will be displayed for the current user. Conditional tag.

Uses: _get_admin_bar_pref()
Hooks from the function

Returns

true|false. Boolean true or false. Returns false in cases:

  • if the user is not logged in;

  • if the display of the "Admin Bar" is disabled;

  • if the display of the admin bar is not provided (on the wp-login.php page)

  • if the "Admin Bar" is disabled in the code: add_filter('show_admin_bar', '__return_false');

  • if this is a request (constants are defined): XMLRPC_REQUEST or DOING_AJAX or IFRAME_REQUEST

In other cases, it returns true. In the admin area, it always returns true.

Usage

if( is_admin_bar_showing() ){
	// admin bar is displayed
}

Examples

0

#1 Check if there is an admin bar and do something 

if( is_admin_bar_showing() ) {
	// code if there is a panel
}
else {
	// code if there is no panel
}

Notes

  • Global. true|false. $show_admin_bar
  • Global. String. $pagenow The filename of the current screen.

Changelog

Since 3.1.0 Introduced.

is_admin_bar_showing() code WP 6.9.1

wp-includes/admin-bar.php 
function is_admin_bar_showing() {
	global $show_admin_bar, $pagenow;

	// For all these types of requests, we never want an admin bar.
	if ( defined( 'XMLRPC_REQUEST' ) || defined( 'DOING_AJAX' ) || defined( 'IFRAME_REQUEST' ) || wp_is_json_request() ) {
		return false;
	}

	if ( is_embed() ) {
		return false;
	}

	// Integrated into the admin.
	if ( is_admin() ) {
		return true;
	}

	if ( ! isset( $show_admin_bar ) ) {
		if ( ! is_user_logged_in() || 'wp-login.php' === $pagenow ) {
			$show_admin_bar = false;
		} else {
			$show_admin_bar = _get_admin_bar_pref();
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Filters whether to show the admin bar.
	 *
	 * Returning false to this hook is the recommended way to hide the admin bar.
	 * The user's display preference is used for logged in users.
	 *
	 * @since 3.1.0
	 *
	 * @param bool $show_admin_bar Whether the admin bar should be shown. Default false.
	 */
	$show_admin_bar = apply_filters( 'show_admin_bar', $show_admin_bar );

	return $show_admin_bar;
}

toolbar (admin bar)

Conditional tags (all)

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