Title: install_plugins_table_api_args_{$tab}
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# apply_filters( “install_plugins_table_api_args_{$tab}”, array|false $args )

## In this article

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

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Filters API request arguments for each Add Plugins screen tab.

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

The dynamic portion of the hook name, `$tab`, refers to the plugin install tabs.

Possible hook names include:

 * `install_plugins_table_api_args_favorites`
 * `install_plugins_table_api_args_featured`
 * `install_plugins_table_api_args_popular`
 * `install_plugins_table_api_args_recommended`
 * `install_plugins_table_api_args_upload`
 * `install_plugins_table_api_args_search`
 * `install_plugins_table_api_args_beta`

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

 `$args`array|false

Plugin install API arguments.

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

    ```php
    $args = apply_filters( "install_plugins_table_api_args_{$tab}", $args );
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-plugin-install-list-table.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-plugin-install-list-table.php#L235)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-plugin-install-list-table.php#L235-L235)

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

| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_Plugin_Install_List_Table::prepare_items()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_plugin_install_list_table/prepare_items/)`wp-admin/includes/class-wp-plugin-install-list-table.php` |  |

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

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

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