Title: Theme_Installer_Skin::before
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# Theme_Installer_Skin::before()

## In this article

 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/theme_installer_skin/before/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/theme_installer_skin/before/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Performs an action before installing a theme.

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

    ```php
    public function before() {
    	if ( ! empty( $this->api ) ) {
    		$this->upgrader->strings['process_success'] = sprintf(
    			$this->upgrader->strings['process_success_specific'],
    			$this->api->name,
    			$this->api->version
    		);
    	}
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-admin/includes/class-theme-installer-skin.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-admin/includes/class-theme-installer-skin.php#L59)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-admin/includes/class-theme-installer-skin.php#L59-L67)

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

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

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