Title: Using front end function in admin
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Using front end function in admin

 *  [ShMk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shmk/)
 * (@shmk)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-front-end-function-in-admin/)
 * Hello,
    I need to use Magic Fields 2 functions like “get_count_group()” in the
   WordPress backend, but it looks like they’re included only in the frontend.
 * Is it possible to use them in the admin back end?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/magic-fields-2/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/magic-fields-2/)

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 *  [Magenta Cuda](https://wordpress.org/support/users/magenta-cuda/)
 * (@magenta-cuda)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-front-end-function-in-admin/#post-5700714)
 * get_count_group() is defined in mf_front_end.php. However, mf_front_end.php is
   loaded only if is_admin() is not true (see main.php line 278) so get_count_group()
   will not normally be available in the backend. But, you can try and include this
   file in your backend code or alternatively copy the function get_count_group()
   from mf_front_end.php to your backend code.

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## Tags

 * [back](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/back/)
 * [Backend](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/backend/)
 * [end](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/end/)
 * [front](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/front/)
 * [frontend](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/frontend/)
 * [functions](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/functions/)

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 * Last reply from: [Magenta Cuda](https://wordpress.org/support/users/magenta-cuda/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-front-end-function-in-admin/#post-5700714)
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