Environment based Plugin Activation for Wordpress Bedrock. Use as a mu-plugin.

env-plugin-manager.php

<?php

/**
 * @package env-plugin-manager
 * @version 1.0
 *
 * Plugin Name: Environment Plugin Manager
 * Description: This plugin manages the activation of other plugins based on the website's environment
 * Version: 1.0
 * Author: Ryan Soury | Web Doodle
 * Author URI: https://www.webdoodle.com.au
 */

class EnvPluginManager
{
	private static $production_plugins = [
		'stream/stream.php',
		'wp-optimize/wp-optimize.php',
		'all-in-one-wp-migration-s3-extension/all-in-one-wp-migration-s3-extension.php',
		'all-in-one-wp-migration-unlimited-extension/all-in-one-wp-migration-unlimited-extension.php',
		'all-in-one-wp-migration/all-in-one-wp-migration.php',
		'ithemes-security-pro/ithemes-security-pro.php',
		'wp-rocket/wp-rocket.php',
		'seo-by-rank-math/rank-math.php',
		'woocommerce-google-analytics-pro/woocommerce-google-analytics-pro.php'
	];

	// Oh look, a singleton
	private static $__instance = null;

	private function __construct()
	{
	}

	private function setup()
	{
		add_filter('option_active_plugins', [__CLASS__, 'filter_plugins_for_env']);
		add_filter('plugin_row_meta', [__CLASS__, 'add_env_notice'], 999, 2);
	}

	public static function instance()
	{
		if (!is_a(self::$__instance, __CLASS__)) {
			$class = get_called_class();
			self::$__instance = new  $class;
			self::$__instance->setup();
		}

		return self::$__instance;
	}

	public static function dev()
	{
		if (defined('WP_ENV')) {
			if (WP_ENV == 'development') {
				return true;
			}
		}
		return false;
	}

	public static function filter_plugins_for_env($plugins)
	{
		if (self::dev()) {
			$filtered_plugins = [];
			foreach ($plugins as $plugin) {
				if (!in_array($plugin, self::$production_plugins)) {
					$filtered_plugins[] = $plugin;
				}
			}
			return $filtered_plugins;
		}

		return $plugins;
	}

	public static function add_env_notice($links, $file)
	{
		if (self::dev()) {
			if (in_array($file, self::$production_plugins)) {
				$links = array_merge($links, [
					'production_notice' => '<strong>Production Only</strong>'
				]);
			}
		}

		return (array) $links;
	}
}

EnvPluginManager::instance();