Title: Automatic_Upgrader_Skin::footer
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: August 20, 2026

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# Automatic_Upgrader_Skin::footer()

## In this article

 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/Automatic_Upgrader_Skin/footer/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/Automatic_Upgrader_Skin/footer/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/Automatic_Upgrader_Skin/footer/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Retrieves the buffered content, deletes the buffer, and processes the output.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/Automatic_Upgrader_Skin/footer/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    public function footer() {
    	$output = ob_get_clean();
    	if ( ! empty( $output ) ) {
    		$this->feedback( $output );
    	}
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-admin/includes/class-automatic-upgrader-skin.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.1/src/wp-admin/includes/class-automatic-upgrader-skin.php#L129)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.1/src/wp-admin/includes/class-automatic-upgrader-skin.php#L129-L134)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/Automatic_Upgrader_Skin/footer/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [Automatic_Upgrader_Skin::feedback()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/automatic_upgrader_skin/feedback/)`wp-admin/includes/class-automatic-upgrader-skin.php` |

Stores a message about the upgrade.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/Automatic_Upgrader_Skin/footer/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [3.7.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/3.7.0/) | Introduced. |

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