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I have a Django application where users have additional data. That data is collected in a Profile model with a OneToOneField pointing to User.

This is fine and works perfectly for most purposes, but I have trouble customizing the admin for User. In particular:

  • I would like to be able to show a Profile field inside list_display. I don't know how to do this without writing an additional method on User itself.
  • I would like to be able to show some information about related models (e.g. some resources owned by the user) inside the User detail page. Again, I do not know how to do this without writing a custom User method.

Do you know any solution to the above?

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You only have to edit the admin classes in admin.py. You can use admin.inline* class to help you. Example from Django website that will add Book to the Author's admin page:

class BookInline(admin.TabularInline):
    model = Book

class AuthorAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
    inlines = [
        BookInline,
    ]

admin.site.register(Author, AuthorAdmin)

Read more here.

EDIT: You should be able to add methods on UserAdmin model and refer to them when setting the list_display fields:

list_display = (..., 'your_method')
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This does not help with the question. Adding an inline does not change the way the list of users is displayed
As for the second point, I need a single field that summarizes some status, not a separate inline.
By the way, the problem was that the model I am working with is User, over which I have no control. I had no problems customizing the admins for other models.
Maybe I was understanding this sentence wrong: ..some information about related models inside the User detail page. I added point about list_display that might help you.
Yes, indeed that is exactly my own answer :-) I removed my downvote
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Turns out, one can put the methods in the UserAdmin itself instead than in the User model. This way I can access all the information I need about the user.

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