Display Model name instead of 'Users' on the admin page

Question

I've created a custom user model using abstractuser titled employee.

class Employee(AbstractUser):

username = models.CharField(max_length = 30)
first_name = models.CharField(max_length = 30)
last_name = models.CharField(max_length=30)
email = models.CharField(max_length=255)
password = models.CharField(max_length=30)
user_type = models.ForeignKey('UserProfile', null = True)
status = models.CharField(max_length = 30, default='Not Verified',)

def __str__(self):
    return self.first_name + ' ' + self.last_name

That is my models.py pertaining to Employee

On the Admin page I see this - Admin Page

Learningsys is my app name.

How do I make it so that I see ''Employee or preferably 'Employees' under my app name instead of 'Users' and why does it show Users in the first place? I suspect it is because I am technically creating a 'Custom User' but would like clarification regardless.

Thanks,

Rohan.

The code you have shown would *not* display Users. – Daniel Roseman Jun 07 '18 at 08:45 — Daniel Roseman, Jun 07 '18 at 08:45

neverwalkaloner · Accepted Answer · 2018-06-07T09:01:27.327

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You need to use verbose_name_plural meta option to change model's plural name on admin page:

class Employee(AbstractUser):
    ...
    class Meta:
        verbose_name_plural = 'Employees'

The default value of verbose_name_plural for AbstractUser is users so you inherited it with other AbstractUser's properties.

edited Jun 07 '18 at 09:01

answered Jun 07 '18 at 08:46

neverwalkaloner

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Thanks a lot, this worked. I had tried verbose_name_plural outside Meta (didn't create a Meta class) but in hindsight that was silly. – Rohan G Jun 07 '18 at 12:23

Display Model name instead of 'Users' on the admin page

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