Action Bar

You’ll find the Action Bar in the lower right corner of a WordPress.com website. This guide explains the options available in the action bar.

The Action Bar appears as a “Subscribe” button at the bottom right of sites on WordPress.com, giving visitors quick access to subscribe to your site:

The action bar will appear as long as one of the following conditions is met:

• The site has the homepage set to display the latest posts (even if no posts have been published yet).
• The site has a static homepage set and has published at least two blog posts.

The action bar shows slightly different options depending on who is viewing your site. The following sections of this guide demonstrate the options shown in the action bar.

Visitors who are not logged in to WordPress.com will have the following version of the action bar:

• Sign up to WordPress.com.
• Log in.
• Report this content.
• View site in Reader.
• Manage subscriptions.
• Collapse this bar to show a minimal view with just icons.

 

Visitors who are logged in to WordPress.com will have the following:

• Get theme: [theme-name].
• Report this content.
• View site in Reader.
• Manage subscriptions.
• Collapse this bar to show a minimal view with just icons.

As the site owner, you will have an “Edit Site” button that is not visible to other visitors. You will also have the following options:

• Get theme: [theme-name].
• View post in Reader.
• Manage subscriptions.
• Collapse this bar to show a minimal view with just icons.

To hide the Action Bar from your site, follow these steps:

1. Visit your site’s dashboard.
2. Navigate to Settings → General.
3. Scroll down to “Action Bar visibility”.
4. Tick the “Hide the Action Bar on the front end of the site” checkbox.
5. Click the “Save Changes” button.

The action bar is not shown on sites with hosting features activated.