revoke_super_admin( int $user_id )

Revokes Super Admin privileges.


Parameters

$user_id

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


Return

(bool) 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.


Source

File: wp-includes/capabilities.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 WP-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 WP-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;
}


Changelog

Changelog
Version Description
WP-3.0.0 Introduced.