Hide plugins and settings panels from the WordPress admin panels to make sure certain users don't deactivate them, or change settings.

hide-wp-plugins

add_filter( 'all_plugins', 'hide_plugin_list' );

function hide_plugin_list( $plugins ) {
        if ( is_admin() ) {
                //Only run this if we're in the Admin panels
                unset( $plugins[ 'advanced-custom-fields/acf.php'] );
                
                //Admin only plugins
                if ( ! current_user_can( 'administrator' ) ) {
                        unset( $plugins[ 'better-wp-security/better-wp-security.php'] );
                        unset( $plugins[ 'broken-link-checker/broken-link-checker.php'] );
                        unset( $plugins[ 'velvet-blues-update-urls/velvet-blues-update-urls.php'] );
                        unset( $plugins[ 'wordpress-seo/wp-seo.php'] );
                        unset( $plugins[ 'wp-smushit/wp-smushit.php'] );
                        unset( $plugins[ 'wp-super-cache/wp-cache.php'] );
                }
                return $plugins;
        }//if is_admin
}//hide_plugin_list


function hide_options_panels() {
        if (is_admin()){
                //Only run this if we're in the Admin panels
                if ( ! current_user_can('administrator') ) {
                        remove_menu_page( 'edit.php?post_type=acf' ); //advanced custom fields
                        remove_menu_page( 'better-wp-security' );
                }
        }//if is_admin
}//options_panels()

add_action('admin_menu', 'zan_hide_options_panels' , 999);