toolbar

Toolbar is an area that is usually visible to logged in WordPress users on top of the screen:

The Toolbar contains links to information about WordPress, as well as quick-links to create new posts, pages and links, add new users, review comments, and alerts to available updates to plugins and themes on your site.

The Toolbar concept was added to WordPress in Version 3.1 as Admin Bar and in Version 3.3 it was replaced by the Toolbar.

This is a full-width horizontal bar containing shortcuts to different sections of WordPress administration screens, such as ‘Create New Post’, ‘Edit Profile’, ‘log out’, etc. It displays WordPress logo in the top left corner, and the user’s gravatar in the top right corner of the screen.

The toolbar is usually visible to all logged in users by default.

However, the links in the toolbar will change accordingly based on user’s role and capabilities on the website.

The toolbar can be turned on/off from the Toolbar option in Dashboard > Users > Your Profile, but it is no longer possible to hide the Toolbar when viewing the Administration Screens.