[1.7.x] Fixed #23314 -- Tempered recommendation of storing profile data on custom user.

    :setting:`AUTH_USER_MODEL` setting in code that is executed at import

    time. ``get_user_model()`` only works once Django has imported all models.

.. _specifying-custom-user-model:

Specifying a custom User model

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If you're entirely happy with Django's :class:`~django.contrib.auth.models.User`

model and you just want to add some additional profile information, you can

model and you just want to add some additional profile information, you could

simply subclass ``django.contrib.auth.models.AbstractUser`` and add your

custom profile fields. This class provides the full implementation of the

default :class:`~django.contrib.auth.models.User` as an :ref:`abstract model

custom profile fields, although we'd recommend a separate model as described in

the "Model design considerations" note of :ref:`specifying-custom-user-model`.

``AbstractUser`` provides the full implementation of the default

:class:`~django.contrib.auth.models.User` as an :ref:`abstract model

<abstract-base-classes>`.

.. _custom-users-and-the-built-in-auth-forms: