function delete_plugins( $plugins, $deprecated = '' ) {
	global $wp_filesystem;

	if ( empty( $plugins ) ) {
		return false;
	}

	$checked = array();
	foreach ( $plugins as $plugin ) {
		$checked[] = 'checked[]=' . $plugin;
	}

	$url = wp_nonce_url( 'plugins.php?action=delete-selected&verify-delete=1&' . implode( '&', $checked ), 'bulk-plugins' );

	ob_start();
	$credentials = request_filesystem_credentials( $url );
	$data        = ob_get_clean();

	if ( false === $credentials ) {
		if ( ! empty( $data ) ) {
			include_once( ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/admin-header.php' );
			echo $data;
			include( ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/admin-footer.php' );
			exit;
		}
		return;
	}

	if ( ! WP_Filesystem( $credentials ) ) {
		ob_start();
		request_filesystem_credentials( $url, '', true ); // Failed to connect, Error and request again.
		$data = ob_get_clean();

		if ( ! empty( $data ) ) {
			include_once( ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/admin-header.php' );
			echo $data;
			include( ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/admin-footer.php' );
			exit;
		}
		return;
	}

	if ( ! is_object( $wp_filesystem ) ) {
		return new WP_Error( 'fs_unavailable', __( 'Could not access filesystem.' ) );
	}

	if ( is_wp_error( $wp_filesystem->errors ) && $wp_filesystem->errors->has_errors() ) {
		return new WP_Error( 'fs_error', __( 'Filesystem error.' ), $wp_filesystem->errors );
	}

	// Get the base plugin folder.
	$plugins_dir = $wp_filesystem->wp_plugins_dir();
	if ( empty( $plugins_dir ) ) {
		return new WP_Error( 'fs_no_plugins_dir', __( 'Unable to locate WordPress plugin directory.' ) );
	}

	$plugins_dir = trailingslashit( $plugins_dir );

	$plugin_translations = wp_get_installed_translations( 'plugins' );

	$errors = array();

	foreach ( $plugins as $plugin_file ) {
		// Run Uninstall hook.
		if ( is_uninstallable_plugin( $plugin_file ) ) {
			uninstall_plugin( $plugin_file );
		}

		/**
		 * Fires immediately before a plugin deletion attempt.
		 *
		 * @since 4.4.0
		 *
		 * @param string $plugin_file Path to the plugin file relative to the plugins directory.
		 */
		do_action( 'delete_plugin', $plugin_file );

		$this_plugin_dir = trailingslashit( dirname( $plugins_dir . $plugin_file ) );

		// If plugin is in its own directory, recursively delete the directory.
		if ( strpos( $plugin_file, '/' ) && $this_plugin_dir != $plugins_dir ) { //base check on if plugin includes directory separator AND that it's not the root plugin folder
			$deleted = $wp_filesystem->delete( $this_plugin_dir, true );
		} else {
			$deleted = $wp_filesystem->delete( $plugins_dir . $plugin_file );
		}

		/**
		 * Fires immediately after a plugin deletion attempt.
		 *
		 * @since 4.4.0
		 *
		 * @param string $plugin_file Path to the plugin file relative to the plugins directory.
		 * @param bool   $deleted     Whether the plugin deletion was successful.
		 */
		do_action( 'deleted_plugin', $plugin_file, $deleted );

		if ( ! $deleted ) {
			$errors[] = $plugin_file;
			continue;
		}

		// Remove language files, silently.
		$plugin_slug = dirname( $plugin_file );
		if ( '.' !== $plugin_slug && ! empty( $plugin_translations[ $plugin_slug ] ) ) {
			$translations = $plugin_translations[ $plugin_slug ];

			foreach ( $translations as $translation => $data ) {
				$wp_filesystem->delete( WP_LANG_DIR . '/plugins/' . $plugin_slug . '-' . $translation . '.po' );
				$wp_filesystem->delete( WP_LANG_DIR . '/plugins/' . $plugin_slug . '-' . $translation . '.mo' );

				$json_translation_files = glob( WP_LANG_DIR . '/plugins/' . $plugin_slug . '-' . $translation . '-*.json' );
				if ( $json_translation_files ) {
					array_map( array( $wp_filesystem, 'delete' ), $json_translation_files );
				}
			}
		}
	}

	// Remove deleted plugins from the plugin updates list.
	if ( $current = get_site_transient( 'update_plugins' ) ) {
		// Don't remove the plugins that weren't deleted.
		$deleted = array_diff( $plugins, $errors );

		foreach ( $deleted as $plugin_file ) {
			unset( $current->response[ $plugin_file ] );
		}

		set_site_transient( 'update_plugins', $current );
	}

	if ( ! empty( $errors ) ) {
		if ( 1 === count( $errors ) ) {
			/* translators: %s: plugin filename */
			$message = __( 'Could not fully remove the plugin %s.' );
		} else {
			/* translators: %s: comma-separated list of plugin filenames */
			$message = __( 'Could not fully remove the plugins %s.' );
		}

		return new WP_Error( 'could_not_remove_plugin', sprintf( $message, implode( ', ', $errors ) ) );
	}

	return true;
}