revoke_super_admin() WP 3.0.0

Revokes Super Admin privileges.

Hooks in function

Return

true/false. True on success, false on failure. This can fail when the user's email is the network admin email or when the $super_admins global is defined.

Usage

revoke_super_admin( $user_id );

$user_id(int) (required)

ID of the user Super Admin privileges to be revoked from.

Code of revoke super admin: wp-includes/capabilities.php ^{WP 5.2.1}

<?php
function revoke_super_admin( $user_id ) {
	// If global super_admins override is defined, there is nothing to do here.
	if ( isset( $GLOBALS['super_admins'] ) || ! is_multisite() ) {
		return false;
	}

	/**
	 * Fires before the user's Super Admin privileges are revoked.
	 *
	 * @since 3.0.0
	 *
	 * @param int $user_id ID of the user Super Admin privileges are being revoked from.
	 */
	do_action( 'revoke_super_admin', $user_id );

	// Directly fetch site_admins instead of using get_super_admins()
	$super_admins = get_site_option( 'site_admins', array( 'admin' ) );

	$user = get_userdata( $user_id );
	if ( $user && 0 !== strcasecmp( $user->user_email, get_site_option( 'admin_email' ) ) ) {
		if ( false !== ( $key = array_search( $user->user_login, $super_admins ) ) ) {
			unset( $super_admins[ $key ] );
			update_site_option( 'site_admins', $super_admins );

			/**
			 * Fires after the user's Super Admin privileges are revoked.
			 *
			 * @since 3.0.0
			 *
			 * @param int $user_id ID of the user Super Admin privileges were revoked from.
			 */
			do_action( 'revoked_super_admin', $user_id );
			return true;
		}
	}
	return false;
}