creating a custom user model in django-allauth.

admin.py

#---------some_app/admin.py-------------


from django.contrib import admin
from django.contrib.auth.admin import UserAdmin

from .models import User


class CustomUserAdmin(UserAdmin):
    fieldsets = (
        *UserAdmin.fieldsets,  # original form fieldsets, expanded
        (                      # new fieldset added on to the bottom
            'Custom Field Heading',  # group heading of your choice; set to None for a blank space instead of a header
            {
                'fields': (
                    'custom_field1',
					          'custom_field2'
                ),
            },
        ),
    )


admin.site.register(User, CustomUserAdmin)

forms.py

#---------some_project/forms.py-------------


# it displays what fields will be asked during signup, login..etc..etc.

from allauth.account.forms import SignupForm 
from django import forms 

class CustomSignupForm(SignupForm): 
	first_name = forms.CharField(label='First Name')
	last_name = forms.CharField(label='Last Name')
	custom_field1 = forms.IntegerField(label='Custom field 1') 
	custom_field2 = forms.CharField(label='Custom field 2') 

	def save(self, request):
		user = super(CustomSignupForm, self).save(request)
		
		custom_field1 = self.cleaned_data['custom_field1']
		custom_field2 = self.cleaned_data['custom_field2']
		
		user.custom_field1 = custom_field1
		user.custom_field2 = custom_field2

		user.save()
		return user

models.py

#---------some_app/models.py-------------

from django.db import models
from django.contrib.auth.models import AbstractUser

class User(AbstractUser):
    custom_field1 = models.IntegerField(default=10)
    custom_field2 = models.CharField(max_length=20)

settings.py

#---------some_project/settings.py-------------

# make sure django-allauth settings are properly implemented .

# custom user model
AUTH_USER_MODEL = 'some_app.User'

# custom signup page
ACCOUNT_FORMS = { 
'signup': 'some_project.forms.CustomSignupForm', 
}