django-admin-inline-paginator

What it is and what it does

Django Admin Inline Paginator is a small extension for Django's admin interface that breaks up long lists of related objects in inline forms into paginated pages. Instead of showing all related records at once, you set a per_page limit and users navigate through them with page controls. It works with both single and multiple inlines on the same admin page, with unique pagination keys to keep each inline's page state separate.

The package is a straightforward drop-in: add it to INSTALLED_APPS, then inherit your inline classes from TabularInlinePaginated instead of the standard Django inlines and set a per_page attribute. The maintainer abandoned the project in 2023 due to personal circumstances and explicitly requested a new maintainer, so there is no active development or support.

Use it for:

• Reduce page load time and clutter when a Django model has many related child records by paginating them in the admin interface.
• Improve usability in admin forms where inline tables would otherwise require excessive scrolling.
• Manage multiple related object types on a single admin page, each with its own pagination controls and page state.

Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying

Adds pagination controls to Django admin inline forms, allowing you to display related objects in smaller, navigable pages instead of a single long list.

Yes, if you are using Django admin with large inline datasets and are comfortable maintaining the code yourself or accepting the risk of no upstream support. The package is simple, has no known vulnerabilities, and the MIT license carries no restrictions. However, do not install if you require active maintenance or expect compatibility updates for future Django or Python versions—the project is explicitly abandoned as of 2023-04-26.

Install

django-admin-inline-paginator on PyPI

pip install django-admin-inline-paginator

uv add django-admin-inline-paginator

poetry add django-admin-inline-paginator

Installing django-admin-inline-paginator

Before you install

Low install friction with a single dependency on django. However, the project is marked abandoned as of April 2023 with no recent commits, and the maintainer explicitly stated they lack time to continue development.

License in practice

MIT license is permissive and imposes no restrictions on use, modification, or distribution in commercial or private projects.

Quickstart

pip install django-admin-inline-paginator

# In settings.py INSTALLED_APPS:
'django_admin_inline_paginator',

# In admin.py:
from django_admin_inline_paginator.admin import TabularInlinePaginated

class MyInline(TabularInlinePaginated):
    model = RelatedModel
    per_page = 2

Requires Django to be installed and configured; only works with Django admin.

Verify before relying

• Compatibility with Django versions released after 2023-04-26 is untested and unknown.
• Whether the package works with Python versions beyond 3.8 is not documented.
• Active bug fixes or security patches are unlikely given the abandoned maintenance status.

Package facts

Evidence: django_admin_inline_paginator-0.4.0-py3-none-any.whl

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