How to set Active plugins as the default screen?

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1. There are two options, modify the menu link href attribute or redirect the main screen.

   Modify menu

   Alter the global variable $submenu. This method works for Single and Multisite.
   Problem: the submenu item Installed Plugins doesn’t show in bold.

   add_action( 'admin_head', 'b5f_plugins_redirect_to_active' );
   
   function b5f_plugins_redirect_to_active() 
   {
       global $submenu;
       $submenu['plugins.php'][5][2] .= "?plugin_status=active";
       return;
   }
   

   Redirect page

   Hook into load-plugins.php. Multisite detection is needed, but there are no UI problems.

   add_action( 'load-plugins.php', 'b5f_ms_plugins_redirect_to_active' );
   
   function b5f_ms_plugins_redirect_to_active() 
   {
       // Trick, plugin_status is only false in WP default screen
       // ['action'] prevents us interfering with activation/deactivation 
       if( isset( $_GET['plugin_status'] ) || isset( $_GET['action'] ) )
           return;
   
       // Check for MS dashboard, redirect accordingly
       if( is_network_admin() )
           wp_redirect( network_admin_url( 'plugins.php?plugin_status=active' ) );
       else
           wp_redirect( admin_url( 'plugins.php?plugin_status=active' ) );
   
       exit();
   }
   

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   And a couple of extras:

   1) Rename the main link to Active

   add_action( 'admin_menu', 'rename_submenu_item', 99 );
   
   function rename_submenu_item() 
   {
       global $submenu;
       foreach( $submenu['plugins.php'] as $key => $value )
       {
           if( in_array( 'activate_plugins', $value ) ) 
               $submenu['plugins.php'][$key][0] = __( 'Active' );
       }
   }
   

   2) Add a submenu to access All

   The submenu link is hacked, as well as some jQuery printed to fix the submenus active state:

   add_action( 'admin_menu', 'menu_admin_wpse_44270' );
   add_action( 'admin_head-plugins.php', 'highlight_menu_item_wpse_44270' );
   
   function menu_admin_wpse_44270() 
   {
       add_submenu_page(
           'plugins.php',
           'Drafts', 
           '<span id="my-all-plugins">All</span>', 
           'edit_pages', 
           'plugins.php?plugin_status=all'
       );
   }
   
   function highlight_menu_item_wpse_44270()
   {
       if( isset( $_GET['plugin_status'] ) && 'all' == $_GET['plugin_status'] )
       {       
           ?>
           <script type="text/javascript">
               jQuery(document).ready( function($) 
               {
                   var reference = $('#my-all-plugins').parent().parent();
                   // add highlighting to our custom submenu
                   reference.addClass('current');
                   //remove higlighting from the default menu
                   reference.parent().find('li:nth-child(2)').removeClass('current');             
               });     
           </script>
           <?php
       }
   }
   

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