Configure the toolbar logout link, greeting, and visibility
Use Settings → POM Tweaks → White labelling → Admin bar to configure independent toolbar controls for one site. You need permission to manage that site's settings. Sign in when checking the toolbar, and use an account whose profile normally shows it on public pages.
Choose a control
| Control | Result |
|---|---|
| Add a logout button | Adds a direct Log Out link on the account side of the toolbar in site administration. It uses the normal WordPress logout URL and respects logout redirect filters. It does not add the shortcut to public pages. |
| Replace the account greeting | Replaces the account title in site administration and the visible frontend toolbar. The profile link, avatar, and account submenu remain available. |
| Hide the toolbar on the frontend | Prevents WordPress from rendering the toolbar on public pages for every role. The administration toolbar and each user's saved profile preference remain unchanged. |
Use Hide selected toolbar elements on the same page to discover real menus and hide individual elements separately in administration and the frontend.
These settings do not change Network Admin or the network user dashboard. Toolbar visibility is a presentation choice; hiding it does not revoke access to administration or any capability.
Enable and configure
- Open Settings → POM Tweaks → White labelling → Admin bar.
- Select Enable for the controls you need, then click Save.
- When replacing the greeting, enter Account greeting after the field appears. Use
%sfor the current user's display name, for exampleWelcome, %s. - Click Save and reload another administration screen and a public page.
The greeting is plain text. %s and %1$s insert the display name; either token may appear more than once. %% produces one literal percent sign. Ordinary percentages such as 100% are safe, and other formatting sequences remain literal. A greeting without a name token is also valid. An empty field preserves the existing account title, and 0 is a valid value.
Greeting replacement runs after WordPress creates its toolbar menus. If another control removes the account node, this setting does not recreate it. The greeting has no visible frontend effect while the toolbar is hidden.
Verify or undo
- On a normal administration screen, confirm the direct Log Out link appears only when its control is enabled. Your existing logout entry inside the account submenu remains available.
- Check the greeting with an administrator and another signed-in role. Confirm the display name is correct and the account still opens the profile or its usual destination.
- Enable Hide the toolbar on the frontend, reload a public page, and confirm the toolbar disappears while it remains available in administration.
- Clear an individual Enable checkbox, click Save, and reload the affected screen. The other controls keep their state, and the saved greeting remains available for reuse.
If the frontend toolbar stays hidden after disabling its control, check the user's profile preference, whether the user is signed in, and other plugins that control toolbar visibility. If the greeting or logout shortcut is missing, check whether a separate toolbar-node rule removes that item.