If you’re missing the admin bar whilst developing your wordpress theme it’s usually a pretty easy problem to fix.

You need to check two files in your custom theme folder.

header.php
footer.php

First open up the header.php file and check that the wp_head() function has been called. This can be anywhere above the closing head tag.

<?php wp_head(); ?>
</head>

Then open up your footer.php file and check that the wp_footer() function has been called above the closing tag.

<?php wp_footer(); ?>
</body>
</html>

If you can’t find either of these lines in your files just copy and paste the function from here into your relevant file. Save your files and upload to your website. Refresh your page and the admin bar should be back.