Title: show_network_active_plugins
Published: December 9, 2015
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# apply_filters( ‘show_network_active_plugins’, bool $show )

## In this article

 * [Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/show_network_active_plugins/?output_format=md#description)
 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/show_network_active_plugins/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/show_network_active_plugins/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/show_network_active_plugins/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/show_network_active_plugins/?output_format=md#changelog)

[ Back to top](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/show_network_active_plugins/?output_format=md#wp--skip-link--target)

Filters whether to display network-active plugins alongside plugins active for the
current site.

## 󠀁[Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/show_network_active_plugins/?output_format=md#description)󠁿

This also controls the display of inactive network-only plugins (plugins with “Network:
true” in the plugin header).

Plugins cannot be network-activated or network-deactivated from this screen.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/show_network_active_plugins/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$show`bool

Whether to show network-active plugins. Default is whether the current user can 
manage network plugins (ie. a Super Admin).

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/show_network_active_plugins/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    $show_network_active = apply_filters( 'show_network_active_plugins', $show );
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-plugins-list-table.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-plugins-list-table.php#L179)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-plugins-list-table.php#L179-L179)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/show_network_active_plugins/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_Plugins_List_Table::prepare_items()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_plugins_list_table/prepare_items/)`wp-admin/includes/class-wp-plugins-list-table.php` |  |

## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/show_network_active_plugins/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [4.4.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.4.0/) | Introduced. |

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