How to change app name in Django admin?

Question

I created 'frontend' application using ./manage.py startproject frontend

But for some reason I just want to change the app name in the Django admin to display 'Your Home Page' instead of 'frontend'.

How to do that?

Update: Here is the little more detail:

#settings.py
INSTALLED_APPS = (
    'frontend',
)

and

#frontend/models.py
class Newpage(models.Model):
    #field here
class Oldpage(models.Model):
    #field here

possible duplicate of [Can you give a Django app a verbose name for use throughout the admin?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/612372/can-you-give-a-django-app-a-verbose-name-for-use-throughout-the-admin) — bjunix, Sep 25 '15 at 12:06

FACode · Answer 1 · 2020-04-30T12:35:08.923

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Yes, you can do it simply

in your apps.py file from your app folder change the verbose_name attribute from your config class. For example:

from django.apps import AppConfig


class FrontendConfig(AppConfig):
    name = 'frontend'
    verbose_name = "Your Home Page"

I test it and works in Django 1.10

UPDATE:

In Django 3+ you should add this in your __init__.py file (from your app)

default_app_config = 'frontend.apps.FrontendConfig'

edited Apr 30 '20 at 12:35

answered Feb 14 '17 at 20:56

FACode

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I tested it, it works fine in Django 1.11.15 (Python 2.7.15) too. Thanks. – hygull Aug 09 '18 at 14:46
@Jekson try to add this on your __init__.py from frontend app `default_app_config = 'frontend'` – FACode Feb 17 '20 at 16:48
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@FACode it should be `default_app_config = "frontend.apps.FrontendConfig"` or something like that – DataGreed Apr 29 '20 at 13:29
@DataGreed yes, you're right in the newer versions of django you should add this in your __init__.py – FACode Apr 30 '20 at 12:32

score 16 · Answer 2 · edited May 19 '19 at 15:20

In stars/app.py

from django.apps import AppConfig


class RequestsConfig(AppConfig):
    name = 'stars'
    verbose_name = "Star of India"

in stars/init.py

default_app_config = 'stars.apps.RequestsConfig'

To access the app name in custom menu methods you can try to get that from

model._meta.app_config.verbose_name

Check the Django Doc for reference https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/ref/applications/#for-application-users

Alexandre Paes · Answer 3 · 2019-10-14T20:40:25.250

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I am late but just to add an additional step to the solution explained by @FACode.
From the offical docs:

In frontend/apps.py

from django.apps import AppConfig


class FrontendConfig(AppConfig):
    name = 'frontend'
    verbose_name = "Your Home Page"

In app/settings.py

    INSTALLED_APPS = [
        'frontend.apps.FrontendConfig',
        # ...
    ]

edited Oct 14 '19 at 20:40

answered Oct 14 '19 at 20:33

Alexandre Paes

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score 5 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 11 '19 at 06:14

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apps.py

from django.apps import AppConfig

class FrontendConfig(AppConfig):
    name = 'frontend'
    verbose_name = "Your Home Page"

__ init__.py

default_app_config = 'frontend.apps.FrontendConfig'

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/ref/applications/

answered Nov 11 '19 at 06:14

Ormon Saadanbek

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please provide some explanation for your content, it's unclear that this is an answer or a new question. – Saeed Zhiany Nov 11 '19 at 06:32
This is an answer for question, a writed how to change name of app, and gived link for docs. – Ormon Saadanbek Nov 11 '19 at 06:38

wolendranh · Answer 5 · 2014-11-17T13:55:57.850

1.Try to add app_label to your model that will be registered in Admin.

class MyModel(models.Model):
        pass
    class Meta:
        app_label = 'My APP name'

UPDATE: 2. Steps to rename app(folders):

Rename the folder which is in your project root
Change any references to your app in their dependencies, i.e. the app's views, the urls.py and settings.py files.
Edit the database table django_content_type with the following command: UPDATE django_content_type SET app_label='' WHERE app_label=''
Also if you have models, you will have to rename the model tables. For postgres use ALTER TABLE _modelName RENAME TO _modelName. For renaming models, you'll need to change django_content_type.name Note: If your models.py 's Meta Class has app_name listed, make sure to rename that too.

@ZenMaster Could you share you models.py? – wolendranh Nov 17 '14 at 13:44 — wolendranh, Nov 17 '14 at 13:44
i need to change the `frontend` not the model – Nov 17 '14 at 13:46 — , Nov 17 '14 at 13:46

score 2 · Answer 6 · answered Nov 19 '14 at 10:43

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It sounds like you are trying to change how the appname is listed within the Django Admin? This wasn't possible before Django 1.7, but now you can do it like this:

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/ref/applications/#for-application-users

answered Nov 19 '14 at 10:43

seddonym

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score 1 · Answer 7 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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In apps.py

 from django.apps import AppConfig
 class AccountConfig(AppConfig):
    name = 'app name'
    verbose_name = "new app name"

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

Community

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answered Jun 13 '19 at 16:36

hanou23

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Is there any information in this answer that isn't already covered by the other answers? – Sneftel Jun 13 '19 at 17:12

score 1 · Answer 8 · answered Sep 29 '19 at 12:12

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In Django 2 we can use verbose_name in apps.py but we have to specify the CLass Config in init.py

See related doc here

answered Sep 29 '19 at 12:12

Georgie

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score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Feb 03 '21 at 00:52

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in django 3.0+ you just need to change the folder name and inside the apps.py change the "name" inside the "(appname)Config" class to the new name.

answered Feb 03 '21 at 00:52

SANGEETH SUBRAMONIAM

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How to change app name in Django admin?

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