When visiting django admin changelist page, apply a default admin list filter. For example, you arrive at /admin/cms/page/?status=active when you visit the changelist for Page.
pip install django-default-filter
Add this to your settings file:
MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = [ 'django_default_filter.default_filter.DefaultFilterMiddleware', ] ADMIN_DEFAULT_CHANGELIST_FILTERS = { "/admin/cms/page/": { "query": "status", "value": "active", } }