Title: plugin_install_description
Published: May 25, 2022
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# apply_filters( ‘plugin_install_description’, string $description, array $plugin )

## In this article

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

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Filters the plugin card description on the Add Plugins screen.

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

 `$description`string

Plugin card description.

`$plugin`array

An array of plugin data. See [plugins_api()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/plugins_api/)
for the list of possible values.

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

    ```php
    $description = apply_filters( 'plugin_install_description', $description, $plugin );
    ```

[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#L547)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-plugin-install-list-table.php#L547-L547)

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

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

Generates the list table rows.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [6.0.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/6.0.0/) | Introduced. |

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