Title: WP_Upgrader_Skin::__construct
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# WP_Upgrader_Skin::__construct( array $args = array() )

## In this article

 * [Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/WP_Upgrader_Skin/__construct/?output_format=md#description)
 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/WP_Upgrader_Skin/__construct/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/WP_Upgrader_Skin/__construct/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/WP_Upgrader_Skin/__construct/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/WP_Upgrader_Skin/__construct/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Constructor.

## 󠀁[Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/WP_Upgrader_Skin/__construct/?output_format=md#description)󠁿

Sets up the generic skin for the WordPress Upgrader classes.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/WP_Upgrader_Skin/__construct/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$args`arrayoptional

The WordPress upgrader skin arguments to override default options.

Default:`array()`

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

    ```php
    public function __construct( $args = array() ) {
    	$defaults      = array(
    		'url'     => '',
    		'nonce'   => '',
    		'title'   => '',
    		'context' => false,
    	);
    	$this->options = wp_parse_args( $args, $defaults );
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-upgrader-skin.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-upgrader-skin.php#L69)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-upgrader-skin.php#L69-L77)

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

| Uses | Description | 
| [wp_parse_args()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_parse_args/)`wp-includes/functions.php` |

Merges user defined arguments into defaults array.

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| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_Upgrader::__construct()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_upgrader/__construct/)`wp-admin/includes/class-wp-upgrader.php` |

Construct the upgrader with a skin.

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| [Language_Pack_Upgrader_Skin::__construct()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/language_pack_upgrader_skin/__construct/)`wp-admin/includes/class-language-pack-upgrader-skin.php` |

Constructor.

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| [Theme_Upgrader_Skin::__construct()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/theme_upgrader_skin/__construct/)`wp-admin/includes/class-theme-upgrader-skin.php` |

Constructor.

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| [Plugin_Installer_Skin::__construct()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/plugin_installer_skin/__construct/)`wp-admin/includes/class-plugin-installer-skin.php` |

Constructor.

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| [Theme_Installer_Skin::__construct()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/theme_installer_skin/__construct/)`wp-admin/includes/class-theme-installer-skin.php` |

Constructor.

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| [Bulk_Upgrader_Skin::__construct()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/bulk_upgrader_skin/__construct/)`wp-admin/includes/class-bulk-upgrader-skin.php` |

Constructor.

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| [Plugin_Upgrader_Skin::__construct()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/plugin_upgrader_skin/__construct/)`wp-admin/includes/class-plugin-upgrader-skin.php` |

Constructor.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [2.8.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/2.8.0/) | Introduced. |

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