Changing User ModelAdmin for Django admin

Question

How do you override the admin model for Users? I thought this would work but it doesn't?

class UserAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
    list_display = ('email', 'first_name', 'last_name')
    list_filter = ('is_staff', 'is_superuser')

admin.site.register(User, UserAdmin)

I'm not looking to override the template, just change the displayed fields & ordering.

Solutions please?

Answer 1

You have to unregister User first:

class UserAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
    list_display = ('email', 'first_name', 'last_name')
    list_filter = ('is_staff', 'is_superuser')


admin.site.unregister(User)
admin.site.register(User, UserAdmin)

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