Using Django auth UserAdmin for a custom user model

Question

From the Django.Contrib.Auth docs:

Extending Django’s default User If you’re entirely happy with Django’s User model and you just w

Answer 1

cesc's answer wasn't working for me when I attempted to add a custom field to the creation form. Perhaps it's changed since 1.6.2? Either way, I found adding the field to both fieldsets and add_fieldsets did the trick.

ADDITIONAL_USER_FIELDS = (
    (None, {'fields': ('some_additional_field',)}),
)

class MyUserAdmin(UserAdmin):
    model = MyUser

    add_fieldsets = UserAdmin.add_fieldsets + ADDITIONAL_USER_FIELDS
    fieldsets = UserAdmin.fieldsets + ADDITIONAL_USER_FIELDS

admin.site.register(MyUser, MyUserAdmin)