How to add a second admin account?

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I would like to assign administrator privileges to one of my user accounts too. How to do it?

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🔧 How to Create an Additional Admin User in wger (Docker Setup)

If you're running wger via Docker and want to give another user admin access, follow these simple steps. This grants full admin rights via the built-in admin group.

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🐳 Step-by-Step (Docker + Django Shell)

1. Grant all user roles

   Grant all roles in the wger Web UI to your user account.

2. Open the Django shell inside the Docker container:

   docker compose exec web python3 manage.py shell

3. Run the following Python code to promote your user:

   from django.contrib.auth.models import User, Group
   
   user = User.objects.get(username='your_username')
   user.is_staff = True
   
   admin_group = Group.objects.get(name='admin')
   admin_group.user_set.add(user)
   
   user.save()

   ✅ Replace 'your_username' with the actual username.

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✅ What This Does

• is_staff = True allows the user to log into the Django admin interface.
• Adding them to the admin group grants all required permissions in wger.
• .save() it at the end

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🧪 Notes

• The admin group must exist (it’s included by default in wger).
• You do not need to set is_superuser – the group handles all relevant permissions.
• This works for any user already created via the web UI or scripts.

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💬 Example Use Case

You created a second user during initial setup and want them to have full admin access without using the default admin account.

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