diff --git a/core/modules/migrate/src/Plugin/MigrateProcessInterface.php b/core/modules/migrate/src/Plugin/MigrateProcessInterface.php
index abfd523..6f9d7ae 100644
--- a/core/modules/migrate/src/Plugin/MigrateProcessInterface.php
+++ b/core/modules/migrate/src/Plugin/MigrateProcessInterface.php
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@
 /**
  * An interface for migrate process plugins.
  *
+ * A process plugin can use any number of methods instead of (but not in
+ * addition to) transform with the same arguments and then the plugin
+ * configuration needs to provide the name of the method to be called via the
+ * "method" key. See \Drupal\migrate\Plugin\migrate\process\SkipOnEmpty and
+ * migrate.migration.d6_field_instance_widget_settings.yml for examples.
+ *
  * @see \Drupal\migrate\Plugin\MigratePluginManager
  * @see \Drupal\migrate\ProcessPluginBase
  * @see \Drupal\migrate\Annotation\MigrateProcessPlugin
diff --git a/core/modules/migrate/src/Plugin/migrate/process/SkipOnEmpty.php b/core/modules/migrate/src/Plugin/migrate/process/SkipOnEmpty.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7c15db4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/migrate/src/Plugin/migrate/process/SkipOnEmpty.php
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\migrate_drupal\Plugin\migrate\process\d6\FlagSkippingRow.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\migrate\Plugin\migrate\process;
+
+use Drupal\migrate\MigrateSkipProcessException;
+use Drupal\migrate\ProcessPluginBase;
+use Drupal\migrate\MigrateExecutableInterface;
+use Drupal\migrate\Row;
+use Drupal\migrate\MigrateSkipRowException;
+
+/**
+ * If the source evaluates to empty, we skip processing or the whole row.
+ *
+ * @MigrateProcessPlugin(
+ *   id = "skip_on_empty"
+ * )
+ */
+class SkipOnEmpty extends ProcessPluginBase {
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function row($value, MigrateExecutableInterface $migrate_executable, Row $row, $destination_property) {
+    if (!$value) {
+      throw new MigrateSkipRowException();
+    }
+    return $value;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function process($value, MigrateExecutableInterface $migrate_executable, Row $row, $destination_property) {
+    if (!$value) {
+      throw new MigrateSkipProcessException();
+    }
+    return $value;
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/migrate/src/Plugin/migrate/process/SkipProcessOnEmpty.php b/core/modules/migrate/src/Plugin/migrate/process/SkipProcessOnEmpty.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 3713148..0000000
--- a/core/modules/migrate/src/Plugin/migrate/process/SkipProcessOnEmpty.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-/**
- * @file
- * Contains \Drupal\migrate\Plugin\migrate\process\d6\SkipProcessOnEmpty.
- */
-
-namespace Drupal\migrate\Plugin\migrate\process;
-
-use Drupal\migrate\MigrateExecutableInterface;
-use Drupal\migrate\MigrateSkipProcessException;
-use Drupal\migrate\ProcessPluginBase;
-use Drupal\migrate\Row;
-
-/**
- * If the value evaluates to false, skip further processing.
- *
- * @MigrateProcessPlugin(
- *   id = "skip_process_on_empty"
- * )
- */
-class SkipProcessOnEmpty extends ProcessPluginBase {
-
-  /**
-   * {@inheritdoc}
-   *
-   * Skip the rest of the processing on 0.
-   */
-  public function transform($value, MigrateExecutableInterface $migrate_executable, Row $row, $destination_property) {
-    if (!$value) {
-      throw new MigrateSkipProcessException();
-    }
-    return $value;
-  }
-
-}
diff --git a/core/modules/migrate/src/Plugin/migrate/process/SkipRowOnEmpty.php b/core/modules/migrate/src/Plugin/migrate/process/SkipRowOnEmpty.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 227cbe7..0000000
--- a/core/modules/migrate/src/Plugin/migrate/process/SkipRowOnEmpty.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-/**
- * @file
- * Contains \Drupal\migrate_drupal\Plugin\migrate\process\d6\FlagSkippingRow.
- */
-
-namespace Drupal\migrate\Plugin\migrate\process;
-
-use Drupal\migrate\ProcessPluginBase;
-use Drupal\migrate\MigrateExecutableInterface;
-use Drupal\migrate\Row;
-use Drupal\migrate\MigrateSkipRowException;
-
-/**
- * If the source evaluates to empty, we skip the current row.
- *
- * @MigrateProcessPlugin(
- *   id = "skip_row_on_empty"
- * )
- */
-class SkipRowOnEmpty extends ProcessPluginBase {
-
-  /**
-   * {@inheritdoc}
-   */
-  public function transform($value, MigrateExecutableInterface $migrate_executable, Row $row, $destination_property) {
-    if (!$value) {
-      throw new MigrateSkipRowException();
-    }
-    return $value;
-  }
-
-}
diff --git a/core/modules/migrate/src/ProcessPluginBase.php b/core/modules/migrate/src/ProcessPluginBase.php
index 8cceead..b84ae86 100644
--- a/core/modules/migrate/src/ProcessPluginBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/migrate/src/ProcessPluginBase.php
@@ -30,6 +30,22 @@
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
+  public function transform($value, MigrateExecutableInterface $migrate_executable, Row $row, $destination_property) {
+    // Do not call this method from children.
+    if (isset($this->configuration['method'])) {
+      if (method_exists($this, $this->configuration['method'])) {
+        return $this->{$this->configuration['method']}($value, $migrate_executable, $row, $destination_property);
+      }
+      throw new \BadMethodCallException(sprintf('The %s method does not exist in the %s plugin.', $this->configuration['method'], $this->pluginId));
+    }
+    else {
+      throw new \BadMethodCallException(sprintf('The "method" key in the plugin configuration must to be set for the %s plugin.', $this->pluginId));
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
   public function multiple() {
     return FALSE;
   }
diff --git a/core/modules/migrate/tests/src/Unit/process/SkipOnEmptyTest.php b/core/modules/migrate/tests/src/Unit/process/SkipOnEmptyTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a0d08c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/migrate/tests/src/Unit/process/SkipOnEmptyTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\Tests\migrate\Unit\process\SkipOnEmptyTest.
+ */
+
+
+namespace Drupal\Tests\migrate\Unit\process;
+use Drupal\migrate\Plugin\migrate\process\SkipOnEmpty;
+
+/**
+ * Tests the skip on empty process plugin.
+ *
+ * @group migrate
+ * @coversDefaultClass \Drupal\migrate\Plugin\migrate\process\SkipOnEmpty
+ */
+class SkipOnEmptyTest extends MigrateProcessTestCase {
+
+  /**
+   * @covers ::process
+   * @expectedException \Drupal\migrate\MigrateSkipProcessException
+   */
+  public function testProcessSkipsOnEmpty() {
+    $configuration['method'] = 'process';
+    (new SkipOnEmpty($configuration, 'skip_on_empty', []))
+      ->transform('', $this->migrateExecutable, $this->row, 'destinationproperty');
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @covers ::process
+   */
+  public function testProcessBypassesOnNonEmpty() {
+    $configuration['method'] = 'process';
+    $value = (new SkipOnEmpty($configuration, 'skip_on_empty', []))
+      ->transform(' ', $this->migrateExecutable, $this->row, 'destinationproperty');
+    $this->assertSame($value, ' ');
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @covers ::row
+   * @expectedException \Drupal\migrate\MigrateSkipRowException
+   */
+  public function testRowSkipsOnEmpty() {
+    $configuration['method'] = 'row';
+    (new SkipOnEmpty($configuration, 'skip_on_empty', []))
+      ->transform('', $this->migrateExecutable, $this->row, 'destinationproperty');
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @covers ::row
+   */
+  public function testRowBypassesOnNonEmpty() {
+    $configuration['method'] = 'row';
+    $value = (new SkipOnEmpty($configuration, 'skip_on_empty', []))
+      ->transform(' ', $this->migrateExecutable, $this->row, 'destinationproperty');
+    $this->assertSame($value, ' ');
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/migrate_drupal/config/optional/migrate.migration.d6_block.yml b/core/modules/migrate_drupal/config/optional/migrate.migration.d6_block.yml
index ef02e6f..1d83119 100644
--- a/core/modules/migrate_drupal/config/optional/migrate.migration.d6_block.yml
+++ b/core/modules/migrate_drupal/config/optional/migrate.migration.d6_block.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ process:
   # Drupal 8 does not have a status but it doesn't matter; this is here to
   # skip disabled blocks.
   status:
-    plugin: skip_row_on_empty
+    plugin: skip_on_empty
+    method: row
     source: status
   id:
     # We need something unique, so aggregator, aggregator_1 etc will do.
diff --git a/core/modules/migrate_drupal/config/optional/migrate.migration.d6_book.yml b/core/modules/migrate_drupal/config/optional/migrate.migration.d6_book.yml
index b6b668d..c8007e0 100644
--- a/core/modules/migrate_drupal/config/optional/migrate.migration.d6_book.yml
+++ b/core/modules/migrate_drupal/config/optional/migrate.migration.d6_book.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ process:
   'book/weight': weight
   'book/pid':
     -
-      plugin: skip_process_on_empty
+      plugin: skip_on_empty
+      method: process
       source: plid
     -
       plugin: migration
diff --git a/core/modules/migrate_drupal/config/optional/migrate.migration.d6_field_formatter_settings.yml b/core/modules/migrate_drupal/config/optional/migrate.migration.d6_field_formatter_settings.yml
index c5165b3..39401f8 100644
--- a/core/modules/migrate_drupal/config/optional/migrate.migration.d6_field_formatter_settings.yml
+++ b/core/modules/migrate_drupal/config/optional/migrate.migration.d6_field_formatter_settings.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ process:
       index:
         - 1
     -
-      plugin: skip_row_on_empty
+      plugin: skip_on_empty
+      method: row
   entity_type: 'constants/entity_type'
   bundle: type_name
   view_mode:
diff --git a/core/modules/migrate_drupal/config/optional/migrate.migration.d6_field_instance.yml b/core/modules/migrate_drupal/config/optional/migrate.migration.d6_field_instance.yml
index c7dda06..5710433 100644
--- a/core/modules/migrate_drupal/config/optional/migrate.migration.d6_field_instance.yml
+++ b/core/modules/migrate_drupal/config/optional/migrate.migration.d6_field_instance.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ process:
       index:
         - 1
     -
-      plugin: skip_row_on_empty
+      plugin: skip_on_empty
+      method: row
   entity_type: 'constants/entity_type'
   field_name: field_name
   bundle: type_name
diff --git a/core/modules/migrate_drupal/config/optional/migrate.migration.d6_field_instance_widget_settings.yml b/core/modules/migrate_drupal/config/optional/migrate.migration.d6_field_instance_widget_settings.yml
index 4bd3fad..a343abe 100644
--- a/core/modules/migrate_drupal/config/optional/migrate.migration.d6_field_instance_widget_settings.yml
+++ b/core/modules/migrate_drupal/config/optional/migrate.migration.d6_field_instance_widget_settings.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ process:
       index:
         - 1
     -
-      plugin: skip_row_on_empty
+      plugin: skip_on_empty
+      method: row
   bundle: type_name
   form_mode: 'constants/form_mode'
   field_name: field_name
diff --git a/core/modules/migrate_drupal/config/optional/migrate.migration.d6_menu_links.yml b/core/modules/migrate_drupal/config/optional/migrate.migration.d6_menu_links.yml
index 2ad8032..c98a3a7 100644
--- a/core/modules/migrate_drupal/config/optional/migrate.migration.d6_menu_links.yml
+++ b/core/modules/migrate_drupal/config/optional/migrate.migration.d6_menu_links.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ process:
   enabled: enabled
   parent:
     -
-      plugin: skip_process_on_empty
+      plugin: skip_on_empty
+      method: process
       source: plid
     -
       plugin: migration
diff --git a/core/modules/migrate_drupal/config/optional/migrate.migration.d6_taxonomy_term.yml b/core/modules/migrate_drupal/config/optional/migrate.migration.d6_taxonomy_term.yml
index 826a1fa..c70d3c8 100644
--- a/core/modules/migrate_drupal/config/optional/migrate.migration.d6_taxonomy_term.yml
+++ b/core/modules/migrate_drupal/config/optional/migrate.migration.d6_taxonomy_term.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ process:
   weight: weight
   parent:
     -
-      plugin: skip_process_on_empty
+      plugin: skip_on_empty
+      method: process
       source: parent
     -
       plugin: migration
diff --git a/core/modules/migrate_drupal/src/Plugin/migrate/load/LoadEntity.php b/core/modules/migrate_drupal/src/Plugin/migrate/load/LoadEntity.php
index 181cb44..c3b574c 100644
--- a/core/modules/migrate_drupal/src/Plugin/migrate/load/LoadEntity.php
+++ b/core/modules/migrate_drupal/src/Plugin/migrate/load/LoadEntity.php
@@ -141,7 +141,10 @@ protected function processTextField($field_name, $field_data, MigrationInterface
         'source' => $format_key,
         'map' => [0 => NULL]
       ],
-      ['plugin' => 'skip_process_on_empty'],
+      [
+        'plugin' => 'skip_on_empty',
+        'method' => 'process',
+      ],
       [
         'plugin' => 'migration',
         'migration' => 'd6_filter_format',