Set ordering of Apps and models in Django admin dashboard

Question

By default, the Django admin dashboard looks like this for me:

I want to change the ordering of models in Profile section, so by using codes from here and here I was able to change the ordering of model names in Django admin dashboard:

class MyAdminSite(admin.AdminSite):
    def get_app_list(self, request):
        """
        Return a sorted list of all the installed apps that have been
        registered in this site.
        """
        ordering = {
            "Users": 1,
            "Permissions": 2,
            "Activities": 3,
        }
        app_dict = self._build_app_dict(request)
        # a.sort(key=lambda x: b.index(x[0]))
        # Sort the apps alphabetically.
        app_list = sorted(app_dict.values(), key=lambda x: x['name'].lower())

        # Sort the models alphabetically within each app.
        for app in app_list:
            app['models'].sort(key=lambda x: ordering[x['name']])

        return app_list

mysite = MyAdminSite()
admin.site = mysite
sites.site = mysite

New look and feel:

But as you see, I have lost the AUTHENTICATION AND AUTHORIZATION section; What should I do to have all the sections and at the same time have my own custom ordering for Profile section?

Dolphin

Same problem with #398663 – Perplexed

Answer 1

With the code below in settings.py, you can reorder and hide the apps　including AUTHENTICATION AND AUTHORIZATION(auth) and models in admin pages. *I use Django 4.1.7 and you can see the original get_app_list() in GitHub and you can see my answer demonstrating how the code below works:

# "settings.py"

ADMIN_ORDERING = (
    ('app2', ('Model3', 'Model1', 'Model2')),
    ('auth', ('User', 'Group')),
    ('app1', ('Model2', 'Model3', 'Model1'))
)

from django.contrib import admin

def get_app_list(self, request, app_label=None):
    app_dict = self._build_app_dict(request, app_label)
    
    if not app_dict:
        return
        
    NEW_ADMIN_ORDERING = []
    if app_label:
        for ao in ADMIN_ORDERING:
            if ao[0] == app_label:
                NEW_ADMIN_ORDERING.append(ao)
                break
    
    if not app_label:
        for app_key in list(app_dict.keys()):
            if not any(app_key in ao_app for ao_app in ADMIN_ORDERING):
                app_dict.pop(app_key)
    
    app_list = sorted(
        app_dict.values(), 
        key=lambda x: [ao[0] for ao in ADMIN_ORDERING].index(x['app_label'])
    )
     
    for app, ao in zip(app_list, NEW_ADMIN_ORDERING or ADMIN_ORDERING):
        if app['app_label'] == ao[0]:
            for model in list(app['models']):
                if not model['object_name'] in ao[1]:
                    app['models'].remove(model)
        app['models'].sort(key=lambda x: ao[1].index(x['object_name']))
    return app_list

admin.AdminSite.get_app_list = get_app_list

Banlieue

This worked seamlessly with my project apps and models, but I still did not figure out how to have the apps and models of external packages work as smoothly. For instance, I've tried to reorder django-admin-interface models named 'sites' and 'admin interface' (where sites and installed themes are stored respectively), but only the app labels showed in the admin panel. The models did not. Still working on it. – Tedmund

Answer 2

What u can do is just override the get_app_list method.

def get_app_list(self, request):
    """
    Return a sorted list of all the installed apps that have been
    registered in this site.
    """
    # Retrieve the original list
    app_dict = self._build_app_dict(request)
    app_list = sorted(app_dict.values(), key=lambda x: x['name'].lower())

    # Sort the models customably within each app.
    for app in app_list:
        if app['app_label'] == 'auth':
            ordering = {
                'Users': 1,
                'Groups': 2
            }
            app['models'].sort(key=lambda x: ordering[x['name']])

    return app_list

admin.AdminSite.get_app_list = get_app_list

Kenlee

Answer 3

Call get_app_list() with super first, like that:

class MyAdminSite(admin.AdminSite):
def get_app_list(self, request):
    all_list = super().get_app_list(request)
    # reorder the app list as you like
    return app_list


mysite = MyAdminSite()
admin.site = mysite
sites.site = mysite

Meadow

all_list = super().get_app_list(request) is still returning only the Profile section and not all the apps and models. – Dolphin