Title: Admin Tools Global Functions
Author: Brandon Kraft
Published: February 21, 2025

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# Admin Tools Global Functions

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 * [acf_register_admin_tool()](https://developer.wordpress.org/secure-custom-fields/code-reference/admin/admin-tools-file/?output_format=md#acf_register_admin_tool)
 * [acf_get_admin_tools_url()](https://developer.wordpress.org/secure-custom-fields/code-reference/admin/admin-tools-file/?output_format=md#acf_get_admin_tools_url)
 * [acf_get_admin_tool_url()](https://developer.wordpress.org/secure-custom-fields/code-reference/admin/admin-tools-file/?output_format=md#acf_get_admin_tool_url)

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## 󠀁[acf_register_admin_tool()](https://developer.wordpress.org/secure-custom-fields/code-reference/admin/admin-tools-file/?output_format=md#acf_register_admin_tool)󠁿

Alias of acf()->admin_tools->register_tool()

 * @type function
 * @date 31/5/17
 * @since ACF 5.6.0
 * @param ACF_Admin_Tool $class The tool class.
 * @return void

## 󠀁[acf_get_admin_tools_url()](https://developer.wordpress.org/secure-custom-fields/code-reference/admin/admin-tools-file/?output_format=md#acf_get_admin_tools_url)󠁿

 * This function will return the admin URL to the tools page
 * @type function
 * @date 31/5/17
 * @since ACF 5.6.0
 * @return string The URL to the tools page.

## 󠀁[acf_get_admin_tool_url()](https://developer.wordpress.org/secure-custom-fields/code-reference/admin/admin-tools-file/?output_format=md#acf_get_admin_tool_url)󠁿

This function will return the admin URL to the tools page

 * @type function
 * @date 31/5/17
 * @since ACF 5.6.0
 * @param string $tool The tool name.
 * @return string The URL to a particular tool’s page.

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