User Management in Django Administration Panel

In most cases, when we use Django for developing websites, we need to have users or members to access them and we need to manage them. One of the great features of Django is its built-in administration panel which facilitates adding, editing, and deleting users. Here, we will review how to manage an existing user in the administration panel.

To update user information in Django Admin, we first need to ensure that the User model is correctly registered in the admin. If the model already exists, we can customize it to modify the various fields. For example, we can add additional fields to the edit form or create related fields as per our requirements.

To do this, we first need to ensure that the app is defined in the admin.py file and that the user model has been properly introduced to the system. If we have built our own custom user model, we need to include it in our admin. This will allow us to utilize all the functionalities of Django’s administration panel.

When we define and register our own model, we can easily update user information through the administration management interface. This action helps us to maintain complete control over the registered user information in the system.

Here is a simple example of customizing the user model in the admin:

from django.contrib import admin
from .models import CustomUser

class CustomUserAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
    list_display = ('username', 'email', 'date_joined', 'is_staff')
    search_fields = ('username', 'email')
    ordering = ('date_joined',)
    
admin.site.register(CustomUser, CustomUserAdmin)

In the above code snippet, we have added a custom user model named CustomUser to the administration panel and with the help of the CustomUserAdmin class we have customized it.
list_display: specifies the fields that will be displayed in the user list.
search_fields: specifies the fields by which we can search for users.
ordering: allows us to set the display order of users in the administration panel.

With the help of these methods, you can easily keep user information updated and have accurate details at your disposal.