set favicon in django admin

Question

I need to set up a favicon for django admin interface.

It would be best to do it globally, without overriding templates for all apps.

What is the cleanest way to do it? I tried searching Django documentation for this, but found nothing.

Answer 1

If favicon is in /app/static/img/favicon.ico, link it into the {% block extrahead %} of this file: /app/templates/admin/base_site.html

    {% extends "admin/base.html" %}      {% block title %}{{ title }} | {{ site_title|default:_('Django site admin') }}{% endblock %}      {% block extrahead %}         <link rel="icon" href="{{STATIC_URL}}img/favicon.ico" sizes="48x48" />     {% endblock %}     {% block branding %}         <h1 id="site-name"><a href="{% url 'admin:index' %}">{{ site_header|default:_('Django administration') }}</a></h1>     {% endblock %} 

In settings.py, INSTALLED_APPS be sure your app is listed before django.contrib.admin.

To test get rid of template cache by deleting .pyc files:

$ find . -name \"*.pyc\" -delete". 

Works with Django 1.8.12 Firefox, Chrome.

Answer 2

To avoid duplicating anything of the original file, you can actually override the template while extending it (docs). So create your own template/admin/base_site.html:

{% extends "admin/base_site.html" %} {% load static %} {% block extrahead %}     <link rel="shortcut icon" href="{% static 'yourapp/img/favicon.ico' %}" /> {% endblock %} 

Answer 3

Extend admin/base.html in your template/admin/base_site.html template and add the favicon link in extrahead block

{% extends "admin/base.html" %}
{% load staticfiles %}
...
{% block extrahead %}
    <link rel="shortcut icon" href="{% static 'relative/path/to/favicon.ico' %}" />
{% endblock %}

Django version >= 2

Mind that the correct import, if using Django 2 or above, is:

{% load static %}`