CatBar — Collapsible Admin Top Bar

CatBar replaces the default vertical WordPress admin sidebar with a sleek collapsible horizontal bar at the top of the screen, freeing up valuable content space without losing any navigation.

Free Features

• Converts the vertical admin sidebar into a collapsible horizontal top bar
• Hamburger icon in the admin toolbar opens and closes the menu
• Fully responsive — works on desktop, tablet, and mobile
• Works on both the WordPress admin backend and the frontend admin bar (for logged-in users)
• Lightweight — pure CSS/JS, no jQuery dependency

How It Works

1. After activation, the standard left-side admin menu moves to a collapsible horizontal bar beneath the admin toolbar.
2. Click the hamburger icon (☰) in the admin bar to open or close the menu.
3. Click Close menu inside the panel to collapse it.

Pro Version

CatBar Pro adds:

• Personal icon shortcut buttons in the admin bar — each user configures their own set
• Choose from hundreds of icons (IcoFont icon library)
• Colour-pick any icon to match your workflow
• Removes the ”Howdy,” greeting from the admin bar
• Buttons saved independently per WordPress user

Credits

The Pro add-on of this plugin uses IcoFont for the icon picker feature.

• IcoFont v1.0.1
• Source: https://icofont.com/
• Copyright © Iota Commerce Pvt. Ltd.
• CSS files: MIT License — https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
• Font files (.ttf, .woff, .woff2, .eot, .svg): SIL Open Font License 1.1 — https://scripts.sil.org/OFL
• Icons (glyphs): Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/