plugin disabler per environment WordPress (slightly modified)

plugin-disabler.php

<?php
/*
Plugin Name: Simple Environment plugin disabler
Description:  Disables plugins based on environment settings.
Original Author: Kamil Grzegorczyk
Related blog post: https://roots.io/guides/how-to-disable-plugins-on-certain-environments/
Version: 0.1
*/

class DisablePlugins
{
    public static $instance;
    private $disabled = [];

    /**
     * Sets up the options filter, and optionally handles an array of plugins to disable
     * @param array $disables Optional array of plugin filenames to disable
     */
    public function __construct(array $disables = null)
    {
        /**
         * Handle what was passed in
         */
        if (is_array($disables)) {
            foreach ($disables as $disable) {
                $this->disable($disable);
            }
        }

        /**
         * Add the filters
         */
        add_filter('option_active_plugins', [$this, 'do_disabling']);
        add_filter('site_option_active_sitewide_plugins', [$this, 'do_network_disabling']);

        /**
         * Allow other plugins to access this instance
         */
        self::$instance = $this;
    }

    /**
     * Adds a filename to the list of plugins to disable
     */
    public function disable($file)
    {
        $this->disabled[] = $file;
    }

    /**
     * Hooks in to the option_active_plugins filter and does the disabling
     * @param array $plugins WP-provided list of plugin filenames
     * @return array The filtered array of plugin filenames
     */
    public function do_disabling($plugins)
    {
        if (count($this->disabled)) {
            foreach ((array)$this->disabled as $plugin) {
                $key = array_search($plugin, $plugins);
                if (false !== $key) {
                    unset($plugins[$key]);
                }
            }
        }

        return $plugins;
    }

    /**
     * Hooks in to the site_option_active_sitewide_plugins filter and does the disabling
     *
     * @param array $plugins
     *
     * @return array
     */
    public function do_network_disabling($plugins)
    {
        if (count($this->disabled)) {
            foreach ((array)$this->disabled as $plugin) {
                if (isset($plugins[$plugin])) {
                    unset($plugins[$plugin]);
                }
            }
        }

        return $plugins;
    }
}

if (defined('DEV_DISABLED_PLUGINS')) {
    $plugins_to_disable = unserialize(DEV_DISABLED_PLUGINS);

    if (!empty($plugins_to_disable) && is_array($plugins_to_disable)) {
        $utility = new DisablePlugins($plugins_to_disable);
    }
}