Change the Default Plugin page filter to Active intead of All

Question

There is no WordPress hook to filter the current status on the plugins admin, but if you must, you can use $_REQUEST['plugin_status'] to change the default status.

See example below where I use the load-plugins.php hook to ensure we’re changing the status (or modifying the superglobal $_REQUEST) only on the plugins.php page:

function wpse_373622() {
    if ( ! isset( $_REQUEST['plugin_status'] ) ) {
        $_REQUEST['plugin_status'] = 'active';
    }
}
add_action( 'load-plugins.php', 'wpse_373622' );