Restricting a network-active plugin to super-admin access only.

There should be a way of doing is with a custom function you could add to the functions.php file of your current theme.

// Function to restrict access to test-plugin settings
function restrict_test_plugin_settings() {
    // Check if we are on the plugin's settings page
    if (isset($_GET['page']) && $_GET['page'] === 'test-plugin-settings') {
        // Check if current user is not a super-admin
        if (!is_super_admin()) {
            // Redirect non-super-admin users away from the settings page
            wp_redirect(admin_url());
            exit;
        }
    }
}
add_action('admin_init', 'restrict_test_plugin_settings');

Replace 'test-plugin-settings' with the actual slug of the settings page for the “test-plugin”.

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@joachim-ratoff that worked, I logged in as a basic admin and was not able to open the plugin. Is there a way to hide the plugin from the list altogether?

I’m glad it worked! If what you want is to remove any trace of the plugin (both from the wp-admin menus and the plugins lists) for non super-admins you can try this one:

// Function to restrict access to test-plugin settings and hide it from non-super-admin users
function restrict_and_hide_test_plugin($plugins) {
    // Check if current user is not a super-admin
    if (!is_super_admin()) {
        // Remove the plugin's menu item
        remove_menu_page('test-plugin');

        // Optionally, you can also hide the plugin's settings submenu
        remove_submenu_page('test-plugin', 'test-plugin-settings');

        // Check if the test-plugin is in the list of plugins
        if (isset($plugins['test-plugin/test-plugin.php'])) {
            // Remove the test-plugin from the list
            unset($plugins['test-plugin/test-plugin.php']);
        }
    }
    return $plugins;
}
add_action('admin_menu', 'restrict_and_hide_test_plugin');
add_filter('all_plugins', 'restrict_and_hide_test_plugin');

Again, remember to replace test-plugin with the right plugin slug.

That one didn’t work for me (I may not have replaced the correct slugs, not sure) but I did find a simpler solution with the Capabilities plugin. It let’s you edit or create user rules and specify what they have access to.

I use Adminimize plugin to restrict admin menu for different users/roles https://en-gb.www.ads-software.com/plugins/adminimize/ Not sure if this is the answer in your case