Title: Plugin_Installer_Skin::hide_process_failed
Published: August 11, 2020
Last modified: February 24, 2026

---

# Plugin_Installer_Skin::hide_process_failed( WP_Error $wp_error ): bool

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/plugin_installer_skin/hide_process_failed/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/plugin_installer_skin/hide_process_failed/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/plugin_installer_skin/hide_process_failed/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/plugin_installer_skin/hide_process_failed/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/plugin_installer_skin/hide_process_failed/?output_format=md#changelog)

[ Back to top](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/plugin_installer_skin/hide_process_failed/?output_format=md#wp--skip-link--target)

Hides the `process_failed` error when updating a plugin by uploading a zip file.

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

 `$wp_error`[WP_Error](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_error/)
required

[WP_Error](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_error/) object.

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/plugin_installer_skin/hide_process_failed/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 bool True if the error should be hidden, false otherwise.

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

    ```php
    public function hide_process_failed( $wp_error ) {
    	if (
    		'upload' === $this->type &&
    		'' === $this->overwrite &&
    		$wp_error->get_error_code() === 'folder_exists'
    	) {
    		return true;
    	}

    	return false;
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-admin/includes/class-plugin-installer-skin.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/class-plugin-installer-skin.php#L77)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/class-plugin-installer-skin.php#L77-L87)

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

| Uses | Description | 
| [WP_Error::get_error_code()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_error/get_error_code/)`wp-includes/class-wp-error.php` |

Retrieves the first error code available.

  |

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

| Version | Description | 
| [5.5.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/5.5.0/) | Introduced. |

## User Contributed Notes

You must [log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fdeveloper.wordpress.org%2Freference%2Fclasses%2Fplugin_installer_skin%2Fhide_process_failed%2F)
before being able to contribute a note or feedback.