diff --git a/docs/v3.x/plugin-development/frontend-settings-api.md b/docs/v3.x/plugin-development/frontend-settings-api.md
index 21daa0e996..5971734782 100644
--- a/docs/v3.x/plugin-development/frontend-settings-api.md
+++ b/docs/v3.x/plugin-development/frontend-settings-api.md
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ export default strapi => {
         title: 'Setting page 1',
         to: `${strapi.settingsBaseURL}/${pluginId}/setting1`,
         name: 'setting1',
+        permissions: [{ action: 'plugins::my-plugin.action-name', subject: null }], // This key is required
       },
       {
         // Using i18n with a corresponding translation key
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ export default strapi => {
         },
         to: `${strapi.settingsBaseURL}/${pluginId}/setting2`,
         name: 'setting2',
+        permissions: [{ action: 'plugins::my-plugin.action-name', subject: null }], // This key is required
       },
     ],
   };
@@ -147,6 +149,7 @@ export default strapi => {
         title: 'Setting page 1',
         to: `${strapi.settingsBaseURL}/${pluginId}/setting1`,
         name: 'setting1',
+        permissions: [{ action: 'plugins::my-plugin.action-name', subject: null }], // This key is required
       },
       {
         title: {
@@ -155,6 +158,7 @@ export default strapi => {
         },
         to: `${strapi.settingsBaseURL}/${pluginId}/setting2`,
         name: 'setting2',
+        permissions: [{ action: 'plugins::my-plugin.action-name', subject: null }], // This key is required
       },
     ],
   };
@@ -240,16 +244,19 @@ export default strapi => {
     preventComponentRendering: false,
     settings: {
       // Add a link into the global section of the settings view
-      global: [
-        {
-          title: 'Setting link 1',
-          to: `${strapi.settingsBaseURL}/setting-link-1`,
-          name: 'settingLink1',
-          Component: SettingLink,
-          // Bool : https://reacttraining.com/react-router/web/api/Route/exact-bool
-          exact: false,
-        },
-      ],
+      global: {
+        links: [
+          {
+            title: 'Setting link 1',
+            to: `${strapi.settingsBaseURL}/setting-link-1`,
+            name: 'settingLink1',
+            Component: SettingLink,
+            // Bool : https://reacttraining.com/react-router/web/api/Route/exact-bool
+            exact: false,
+            permissions: [{ action: 'plugins::my-plugin.action-name', subject: null }], // This key is required
+          },
+        ],
+      },
       mainComponent: Settings,
       menuSection,
     },
diff --git a/packages/strapi-admin/admin/src/containers/LeftMenu/init.js b/packages/strapi-admin/admin/src/containers/LeftMenu/init.js
index 5c197bc5ea..cc001a6a15 100644
--- a/packages/strapi-admin/admin/src/containers/LeftMenu/init.js
+++ b/packages/strapi-admin/admin/src/containers/LeftMenu/init.js
@@ -1,22 +1,6 @@
-import { get, omit, set, sortBy } from 'lodash';
+import { get, omit, set } from 'lodash';
 import { SETTINGS_BASE_URL } from '../../config';
-
-const getPluginsSettingsPermissions = plugins =>
-  Object.values(plugins).reduce((acc, current) => {
-    const pluginSettings = get(current, 'settings.global', []);
-
-    pluginSettings.forEach(setting => {
-      const permissions = get(setting, 'permissions', []);
-
-      permissions.forEach(permission => {
-        acc.push(permission);
-      });
-    });
-
-    return acc;
-  }, []);
-
-const sortLinks = links => sortBy(links, object => object.name);
+import { getPluginsSettingsPermissions, sortLinks } from './utils';
 
 const init = (initialState, plugins = {}) => {
   // For each plugin retrieve the permissions associated to each injected link
@@ -50,4 +34,3 @@ const init = (initialState, plugins = {}) => {
 };
 
 export default init;
-export { sortLinks };
diff --git a/packages/strapi-admin/admin/src/containers/LeftMenu/tests/init.test.js b/packages/strapi-admin/admin/src/containers/LeftMenu/tests/init.test.js
index e7758e6f95..7b5b4e4351 100644
--- a/packages/strapi-admin/admin/src/containers/LeftMenu/tests/init.test.js
+++ b/packages/strapi-admin/admin/src/containers/LeftMenu/tests/init.test.js
@@ -1,140 +1,264 @@
-import init, { sortLinks } from '../init';
+import { SETTINGS_BASE_URL } from '../../../config';
+import init from '../init';
 
 describe('ADMIN | LeftMenu | init', () => {
-  describe('init', () => {
-    it('should return the initialState if the plugins are empty', () => {
-      const initialState = {
-        ok: true,
-        generalSectionLinks: [],
-      };
+  it('should return the initialState if the plugins are empty', () => {
+    const initialState = {
+      ok: true,
+      generalSectionLinks: [],
+    };
 
-      expect(init(initialState)).toEqual({ ok: true, generalSectionLinks: [] });
-    });
-
-    it('should create the pluginsSectionLinks correctly', () => {
-      const plugins = {
-        documentation: {
-          menu: {
-            pluginsSectionLinks: [
-              {
-                destination: '/plugins/documentation',
-                icon: 'doc',
-                label: {
-                  id: 'documentation.plugin.name',
-                  defaultMessage: 'Documentation',
-                },
-                name: 'documentation',
-                permissions: [{ action: 'plugins::documentation.read', subject: null }],
-              },
-              {
-                destination: '/plugins/documentation/test',
-                icon: 'doc',
-                label: {
-                  id: 'documentation.plugin.name.test',
-                  defaultMessage: 'Documentation Test',
-                },
-                name: 'documentation test',
-                permissions: [],
-              },
-            ],
-          },
-        },
-        test: {},
-        'content-type-builder': {
-          menu: {
-            pluginsSectionLinks: [
-              {
-                destination: '/plugins/content-type-builder',
-                icon: 'plug',
-                label: {
-                  id: 'content-type-builder.plugin.name',
-                  defaultMessage: 'content-type-builder',
-                },
-                name: 'content-type-builder',
-                permissions: [{ action: 'plugins::content-type-builder.read', subject: null }],
-              },
-            ],
-          },
-        },
-      };
-      const initialState = {
-        generalSectionLinks: [],
-        pluginsSectionLinks: [],
-        isLoading: true,
-      };
-      const expected = {
-        generalSectionLinks: [],
-        pluginsSectionLinks: [
-          {
-            destination: '/plugins/content-type-builder',
-            icon: 'plug',
-            label: {
-              id: 'content-type-builder.plugin.name',
-              defaultMessage: 'content-type-builder',
-            },
-            isDisplayed: false,
-            permissions: [{ action: 'plugins::content-type-builder.read', subject: null }],
-          },
-          {
-            destination: '/plugins/documentation',
-            icon: 'doc',
-            label: {
-              id: 'documentation.plugin.name',
-              defaultMessage: 'Documentation',
-            },
-            isDisplayed: false,
-            permissions: [{ action: 'plugins::documentation.read', subject: null }],
-          },
-          {
-            destination: '/plugins/documentation/test',
-            icon: 'doc',
-            label: {
-              id: 'documentation.plugin.name.test',
-              defaultMessage: 'Documentation Test',
-            },
-            isDisplayed: false,
-            permissions: [],
-          },
-        ],
-        isLoading: true,
-      };
-
-      expect(init(initialState, plugins)).toEqual(expected);
-    });
+    expect(init(initialState)).toEqual({ ok: true, generalSectionLinks: [] });
   });
 
-  describe('sortLinks', () => {
-    it('should return an empty array', () => {
-      expect(sortLinks([])).toEqual([]);
-    });
+  it('should create the pluginsSectionLinks correctly', () => {
+    const plugins = {
+      documentation: {
+        menu: {
+          pluginsSectionLinks: [
+            {
+              destination: '/plugins/documentation',
+              icon: 'doc',
+              label: {
+                id: 'documentation.plugin.name',
+                defaultMessage: 'Documentation',
+              },
+              name: 'documentation',
+              permissions: [{ action: 'plugins::documentation.read', subject: null }],
+            },
+            {
+              destination: '/plugins/documentation/test',
+              icon: 'doc',
+              label: {
+                id: 'documentation.plugin.name.test',
+                defaultMessage: 'Documentation Test',
+              },
+              name: 'documentation test',
+              permissions: [],
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+      },
+      test: {},
+      'content-type-builder': {
+        menu: {
+          pluginsSectionLinks: [
+            {
+              destination: '/plugins/content-type-builder',
+              icon: 'plug',
+              label: {
+                id: 'content-type-builder.plugin.name',
+                defaultMessage: 'content-type-builder',
+              },
+              name: 'content-type-builder',
+              permissions: [{ action: 'plugins::content-type-builder.read', subject: null }],
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+      },
+    };
+    const initialState = {
+      generalSectionLinks: [],
+      pluginsSectionLinks: [],
+      isLoading: true,
+    };
+    const expected = {
+      generalSectionLinks: [],
+      pluginsSectionLinks: [
+        {
+          destination: '/plugins/content-type-builder',
+          icon: 'plug',
+          label: {
+            id: 'content-type-builder.plugin.name',
+            defaultMessage: 'content-type-builder',
+          },
+          isDisplayed: false,
+          permissions: [{ action: 'plugins::content-type-builder.read', subject: null }],
+        },
+        {
+          destination: '/plugins/documentation',
+          icon: 'doc',
+          label: {
+            id: 'documentation.plugin.name',
+            defaultMessage: 'Documentation',
+          },
+          isDisplayed: false,
+          permissions: [{ action: 'plugins::documentation.read', subject: null }],
+        },
+        {
+          destination: '/plugins/documentation/test',
+          icon: 'doc',
+          label: {
+            id: 'documentation.plugin.name.test',
+            defaultMessage: 'Documentation Test',
+          },
+          isDisplayed: false,
+          permissions: [],
+        },
+      ],
+      isLoading: true,
+    };
 
-    it('should return a sorted array', () => {
-      const data = [
-        {
-          name: 'un',
-        },
-        { name: 'deux' },
-        { name: 'un-un' },
-        { name: 'un-deux' },
-        { name: 'un un' },
-      ];
-      const expected = [
-        {
-          name: 'deux',
-        },
-        {
-          name: 'un',
-        },
-        { name: 'un un' },
-        {
-          name: 'un-deux',
-        },
-        {
-          name: 'un-un',
-        },
-      ];
+    expect(init(initialState, plugins)).toEqual(expected);
+  });
 
-      expect(sortLinks(data)).toEqual(expected);
-    });
+  it('should set the permissions in the settings link correctly for the plugins', () => {
+    const initialState = {
+      generalSectionLinks: [
+        {
+          icon: 'list',
+          label: 'app.components.LeftMenuLinkContainer.listPlugins',
+          destination: '/list-plugins',
+          isDisplayed: false,
+          permissions: [
+            { action: 'admin::marketplace.read', subject: null },
+            { action: 'admin::marketplace.plugins.uninstall', subject: null },
+          ],
+        },
+        {
+          icon: 'shopping-basket',
+          label: 'app.components.LeftMenuLinkContainer.installNewPlugin',
+          destination: '/marketplace',
+          isDisplayed: false,
+          permissions: [
+            { action: 'admin::marketplace.read', subject: null },
+            { action: 'admin::marketplace.plugins.install', subject: null },
+          ],
+        },
+        {
+          icon: 'cog',
+          label: 'app.components.LeftMenuLinkContainer.settings',
+          isDisplayed: false,
+          destination: SETTINGS_BASE_URL,
+          permissions: [
+            // webhooks
+            { action: 'admin::webhook.create', subject: null },
+            { action: 'admin::webhook.read', subject: null },
+            { action: 'admin::webhook.update', subject: null },
+            { action: 'admin::webhook.delete', subject: null },
+            // users
+            { action: 'admin::users.create', subject: null },
+            { action: 'admin::users.read', subject: null },
+            { action: 'admin::users.update', subject: null },
+            { action: 'admin::users.delete', subject: null },
+            // roles
+            { action: 'admin::roles.create', subject: null },
+            { action: 'admin::roles.update', subject: null },
+            { action: 'admin::roles.read', subject: null },
+            { action: 'admin::roles.delete', subject: null },
+            // Here are added the plugins settings permissions during the init phase
+          ],
+        },
+      ],
+      pluginsSectionLinks: [],
+      isLoading: true,
+    };
+    const plugins = {
+      test: {
+        settings: {
+          global: {
+            links: [
+              {
+                title: {
+                  id: 'test.plugin.name',
+                  defaultMessage: 'Test',
+                },
+                name: 'test',
+                to: '/settings/test',
+                Component: () => null,
+                permissions: [{ action: 'plugins::test.settings.read', subject: null }],
+              },
+              {
+                title: {
+                  id: 'test.plugin.name1',
+                  defaultMessage: 'Test1',
+                },
+                name: 'test1',
+                to: '/settings/test1',
+                Component: () => null,
+                permissions: [{ action: 'plugins::test1.settings.read', subject: null }],
+              },
+            ],
+          },
+        },
+      },
+      other: {},
+      upload: {
+        settings: {
+          global: {
+            links: [
+              {
+                title: {
+                  id: 'upload.plugin.name',
+                  defaultMessage: 'Media Library',
+                },
+                name: 'media-library',
+                to: 'settings/media-library',
+                Component: () => null,
+                permissions: [
+                  { action: 'plugins::upload.settings.read', subject: null },
+                  { action: 'plugins::upload.settings.read.test', subject: null },
+                ],
+              },
+            ],
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    };
+    const expected = {
+      generalSectionLinks: [
+        {
+          icon: 'list',
+          label: 'app.components.LeftMenuLinkContainer.listPlugins',
+          destination: '/list-plugins',
+          isDisplayed: false,
+          permissions: [
+            { action: 'admin::marketplace.read', subject: null },
+            { action: 'admin::marketplace.plugins.uninstall', subject: null },
+          ],
+        },
+        {
+          icon: 'shopping-basket',
+          label: 'app.components.LeftMenuLinkContainer.installNewPlugin',
+          destination: '/marketplace',
+          isDisplayed: false,
+          permissions: [
+            { action: 'admin::marketplace.read', subject: null },
+            { action: 'admin::marketplace.plugins.install', subject: null },
+          ],
+        },
+        {
+          icon: 'cog',
+          label: 'app.components.LeftMenuLinkContainer.settings',
+          isDisplayed: false,
+          destination: SETTINGS_BASE_URL,
+          permissions: [
+            // webhooks
+            { action: 'admin::webhook.create', subject: null },
+            { action: 'admin::webhook.read', subject: null },
+            { action: 'admin::webhook.update', subject: null },
+            { action: 'admin::webhook.delete', subject: null },
+            // users
+            { action: 'admin::users.create', subject: null },
+            { action: 'admin::users.read', subject: null },
+            { action: 'admin::users.update', subject: null },
+            { action: 'admin::users.delete', subject: null },
+            // roles
+            { action: 'admin::roles.create', subject: null },
+            { action: 'admin::roles.update', subject: null },
+            { action: 'admin::roles.read', subject: null },
+            { action: 'admin::roles.delete', subject: null },
+            { action: 'plugins::test.settings.read', subject: null },
+            { action: 'plugins::test1.settings.read', subject: null },
+            { action: 'plugins::upload.settings.read', subject: null },
+            { action: 'plugins::upload.settings.read.test', subject: null },
+          ],
+        },
+      ],
+      pluginsSectionLinks: [],
+      isLoading: true,
+    };
+
+    expect(init(initialState, plugins)).toEqual(expected);
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/strapi-admin/admin/src/containers/LeftMenu/utils/getPluginsSettingsPermissions.js b/packages/strapi-admin/admin/src/containers/LeftMenu/utils/getPluginsSettingsPermissions.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..36a1a54bf3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/strapi-admin/admin/src/containers/LeftMenu/utils/getPluginsSettingsPermissions.js
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+// Retrieve the plugin settings object
+// The settings API works as follows for a plugin
+// Declare the links that will be injected into the settings menu
+//
+// Path: my-plugin/admin/src/index.js
+/*
+ ************************************************************
+ * 1. Declare a section that will be added to the setting menu
+ * const menuSection = {
+ *   // Unique id of the section
+ *   id: pluginId,
+ *   // Title of Menu section using i18n
+ *   title: {
+ *     id: `${pluginId}.foo`,
+ *     defaultMessage: 'Super cool setting',
+ *   },
+ *   // Array of links to be displayed
+ *   links: [
+ *     {
+ *       // Using string
+ *       title: 'Setting page 1',
+ *       to: `${strapi.settingsBaseURL}/${pluginId}/setting1`,
+ *       name: 'setting1',
+ *       permissions: [{ action: 'plugins::my-plugin.action-name', subject: null }],
+ *     },
+ *     {
+ *       // Using i18n with a corresponding translation key
+ *       title: {
+ *         id: `${pluginId}.bar`,
+ *         defaultMessage: 'Setting page 2',
+ *       },
+ *       to: `${strapi.settingsBaseURL}/${pluginId}/setting2`,
+ *       name: 'setting2',
+ *       permissions: [{ action: 'plugins::my-plugin.action-name2', subject: null }],
+ *     },
+ *   ],
+ * };
+ * ************************************************************
+ * 2. Add a setting to the global section of the menu
+ * const global = {
+ *    links: [
+ *     {
+ *       title: {
+ *         id: getTrad('plugin.name'),
+ *         defaultMessage: 'Media Library',
+ *       },
+ *       name: 'media-library',
+ *       to: `${strapi.settingsBaseURL}/media-library`,
+ *       Component: SettingsPage,
+ *      // TODO write documentation
+ *      permissions: [{ action: 'plugins::my-plugin.action-name', subject: null }],
+ *    },
+ *   ],
+ *  };
+ ***********************************************************
+ * 3. Define the settings in the plugin object
+ * const settings =  { global, menuSection };
+ */
+
+import { get } from 'lodash';
+
+const getPluginsSettingsPermissions = plugins => {
+  const globalSettingsLinksPermissions = Object.values(plugins).reduce((acc, current) => {
+    const pluginSettings = get(current, 'settings', {});
+    const getSettingsLinkPermissions = settings => {
+      return Object.values(settings).reduce((acc, current) => {
+        const links = get(current, 'links', []);
+
+        links.forEach(link => {
+          const permissions = get(link, 'permissions', []);
+
+          permissions.forEach(permission => {
+            acc.push(permission);
+          });
+        });
+
+        return acc;
+      }, []);
+    };
+
+    const pluginPermissions = getSettingsLinkPermissions(pluginSettings);
+
+    return [...acc, ...pluginPermissions];
+  }, []);
+
+  return [...globalSettingsLinksPermissions];
+};
+
+export default getPluginsSettingsPermissions;
diff --git a/packages/strapi-admin/admin/src/containers/LeftMenu/utils/index.js b/packages/strapi-admin/admin/src/containers/LeftMenu/utils/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..13f0ff0bd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/strapi-admin/admin/src/containers/LeftMenu/utils/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+export { default as getPluginsSettingsPermissions } from './getPluginsSettingsPermissions';
+export { default as sortLinks } from './sortLinks';
diff --git a/packages/strapi-admin/admin/src/containers/LeftMenu/utils/sortLinks.js b/packages/strapi-admin/admin/src/containers/LeftMenu/utils/sortLinks.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4c4f49f1c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/strapi-admin/admin/src/containers/LeftMenu/utils/sortLinks.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import { sortBy } from 'lodash';
+
+const sortLinks = links => sortBy(links, object => object.name);
+
+export default sortLinks;
diff --git a/packages/strapi-admin/admin/src/containers/LeftMenu/utils/tests/getPluginsSettingsPermissions.js b/packages/strapi-admin/admin/src/containers/LeftMenu/utils/tests/getPluginsSettingsPermissions.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f5ae72fde3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/strapi-admin/admin/src/containers/LeftMenu/utils/tests/getPluginsSettingsPermissions.js
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+import getPluginsSettingsPermissions from '../getPluginsSettingsPermissions';
+
+describe('ADMIN | LeftMenu | utils | getPluginsSettingsPermissions', () => {
+  it('should return an empty array', () => {
+    expect(getPluginsSettingsPermissions({})).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it('should return an array containing all the permissions of the plugins settings links', () => {
+    const menuSection = {
+      // Unique id of the section
+      id: 'test',
+      // Title of Menu section using i18n
+      title: {
+        id: 'test.foo',
+        defaultMessage: 'Super cool setting',
+      },
+      // Array of links to be displayed
+      links: [
+        {
+          // Using string
+          title: 'Setting page 1',
+          to: 'settings/test/setting1',
+          name: 'setting1',
+          permissions: [{ action: 'plugins::test.action-name', subject: null }],
+        },
+        {
+          // Using i18n with a corresponding translation key
+          title: {
+            id: 'test.bar',
+            defaultMessage: 'Setting page 2',
+          },
+          to: 'settings/test/setting2',
+          name: 'setting2',
+          permissions: [{ action: 'plugins::my-plugin.action-name2', subject: null }],
+        },
+      ],
+    };
+    const plugins = {
+      test: {
+        settings: {
+          global: {
+            links: [
+              {
+                title: {
+                  id: 'test.plugin.name',
+                  defaultMessage: 'Test',
+                },
+                name: 'test',
+                to: '/settings/test',
+                Component: () => null,
+                permissions: [{ action: 'plugins::test.settings.read', subject: null }],
+              },
+              {
+                title: {
+                  id: 'test.plugin.name1',
+                  defaultMessage: 'Test1',
+                },
+                name: 'test1',
+                to: '/settings/test1',
+                Component: () => null,
+                permissions: [{ action: 'plugins::test1.settings.read', subject: null }],
+              },
+            ],
+          },
+          menuSection,
+        },
+      },
+      other: {},
+      upload: {
+        settings: {
+          global: {
+            links: [
+              {
+                title: {
+                  id: 'upload.plugin.name',
+                  defaultMessage: 'Media Library',
+                },
+                name: 'media-library',
+                to: 'settings/media-library',
+                Component: () => null,
+                permissions: [
+                  { action: 'plugins::upload.settings.read', subject: null },
+                  { action: 'plugins::upload.settings.read.test', subject: null },
+                ],
+              },
+            ],
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    };
+    const expected = [
+      { action: 'plugins::test.action-name', subject: null },
+      { action: 'plugins::my-plugin.action-name2', subject: null },
+      { action: 'plugins::upload.settings.read', subject: null },
+      { action: 'plugins::upload.settings.read.test', subject: null },
+    ];
+
+    expect(getPluginsSettingsPermissions(plugins)).toEqual(expected);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/strapi-admin/admin/src/containers/LeftMenu/utils/tests/sortLinks.test.js b/packages/strapi-admin/admin/src/containers/LeftMenu/utils/tests/sortLinks.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..63e8764853
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/strapi-admin/admin/src/containers/LeftMenu/utils/tests/sortLinks.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import sortLinks from '../sortLinks';
+
+describe('ADMIN | LeftMenu | utils | sortLinks', () => {
+  it('should return an empty array', () => {
+    expect(sortLinks([])).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it('should return a sorted array', () => {
+    const data = [
+      {
+        name: 'un',
+      },
+      { name: 'deux' },
+      { name: 'un-un' },
+      { name: 'un-deux' },
+      { name: 'un un' },
+    ];
+    const expected = [
+      {
+        name: 'deux',
+      },
+      {
+        name: 'un',
+      },
+      { name: 'un un' },
+      {
+        name: 'un-deux',
+      },
+      {
+        name: 'un-un',
+      },
+    ];
+
+    expect(sortLinks(data)).toEqual(expected);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/strapi-admin/admin/src/containers/SettingsPage/utils/retrieveGlobalLinks.js b/packages/strapi-admin/admin/src/containers/SettingsPage/utils/retrieveGlobalLinks.js
index d921ecab40..838358fc2c 100644
--- a/packages/strapi-admin/admin/src/containers/SettingsPage/utils/retrieveGlobalLinks.js
+++ b/packages/strapi-admin/admin/src/containers/SettingsPage/utils/retrieveGlobalLinks.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { get } from 'lodash';
 
 const retrieveGlobalLinks = pluginsObj => {
   return Object.values(pluginsObj).reduce((acc, current) => {
-    const links = get(current, ['settings', 'global'], null);
+    const links = get(current, ['settings', 'global', 'links'], null);
 
     if (links) {
       for (let i = 0; i < links.length; i++) {
diff --git a/packages/strapi-admin/admin/src/containers/SettingsPage/utils/tests/retrieveGlobalLinks.test.js b/packages/strapi-admin/admin/src/containers/SettingsPage/utils/tests/retrieveGlobalLinks.test.js
index 85509eb280..b5843e089c 100644
--- a/packages/strapi-admin/admin/src/containers/SettingsPage/utils/tests/retrieveGlobalLinks.test.js
+++ b/packages/strapi-admin/admin/src/containers/SettingsPage/utils/tests/retrieveGlobalLinks.test.js
@@ -10,18 +10,22 @@ describe('ADMIN | containers | SettingsPage | utils', () => {
       const plugins = {
         test: {
           settings: {
-            global: [],
+            global: {
+              links: [],
+            },
           },
         },
         noSettings: {},
         foo: {
           settings: {
-            global: ['test'],
+            global: {
+              links: ['test'],
+            },
           },
         },
         bar: {
           settings: {
-            global: ['test2'],
+            global: { links: ['test2'] },
           },
         },
       };
diff --git a/packages/strapi-plugin-upload/admin/src/index.js b/packages/strapi-plugin-upload/admin/src/index.js
index a74490d6d1..0f0611b076 100644
--- a/packages/strapi-plugin-upload/admin/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/strapi-plugin-upload/admin/src/index.js
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ export default strapi => {
   const pluginDescription = pluginPkg.strapi.description || pluginPkg.description;
   const icon = pluginPkg.strapi.icon;
   const name = pluginPkg.strapi.name;
+
   const plugin = {
     blockerComponent: null,
     blockerComponentProps: {},
@@ -41,19 +42,20 @@ export default strapi => {
     pluginLogo,
     preventComponentRendering: false,
     settings: {
-      global: [
-        {
-          title: {
-            id: getTrad('plugin.name'),
-            defaultMessage: 'Media Library',
+      global: {
+        links: [
+          {
+            title: {
+              id: getTrad('plugin.name'),
+              defaultMessage: 'Media Library',
+            },
+            name: 'media-library',
+            to: `${strapi.settingsBaseURL}/media-library`,
+            Component: SettingsPage,
+            permissions: [{ action: 'plugins::upload.settings.read', subject: null }],
           },
-          name: 'media-library',
-          to: `${strapi.settingsBaseURL}/media-library`,
-          Component: SettingsPage,
-          // TODO write documentation
-          permissions: [{ action: 'plugins::upload.settings.read', subject: null }],
-        },
-      ],
+        ],
+      },
     },
     trads,
     menu: {