Overview
The Admin Bar tab in Agent Builder → Deploy → Admin Bar lets you add AI assistants to the WordPress admin toolbar. Enabled agents appear under the AI Agents toolbar menu and open a slide-in chat overlay when clicked — without leaving the current page.
Enabling Agents in the Admin Bar
The tab shows a table listing all active agents. For each agent you can:
- Enable — tick the checkbox to add the agent to the admin bar
- Position — choose where the chat overlay appears: Bottom Right or Bottom Left
- Show On — control where the agent is accessible: Everywhere, Admin Only, or Frontend Only
Save your changes to apply. The AI Agents menu in the admin bar updates immediately.
How the Admin Bar Works
- Enabled agents appear as items under the AI Agents menu in the WordPress toolbar
- Clicking an agent opens a slide-in chat panel at the configured position
- Chat history is stored per agent in the browser — conversations persist across page loads
- The admin bar is visible to users with the
chat_admin_barcapability (administrators by default) - The AI Agents toolbar menu always appears for administrators — enable agents here to populate it with chat options
Use Cases
The admin bar is ideal for agents your team uses frequently while working inside WordPress — content assistants, site audit agents, or support agents that editors and admins rely on throughout the day. Because the overlay opens without leaving the current page, it does not interrupt the workflow.
Setting Show On to Frontend Only lets you surface a support or sales agent to logged-in customers on the front end, while keeping it hidden from the WordPress admin area.