Django conditional admin list_editable

As you say, there is no get_list_editable method.

Try overriding the get_changelist_formset method. I think you'll need to duplicate the entire method, and change the list of fields passed to modelformset_factory.

As said, there is not get_list_editable method in the ModelAdmin class, but it is possible to implement it easily (tested on django==2.1):

class MyAdminClass(admin.ModelAdmin):

    def get_list_editable(self, request):
        """
        get_list_editable method implementation, 
        django ModelAdmin doesn't provide it.
        """
        dynamically_editable_fields = ('name', 'published', )
        return dynamically_editable_fields

    def get_changelist_instance(self, request):
        """
        override admin method and list_editable property value 
        with values returned by our custom method implementation.
        """
        self.list_editable = self.get_list_editable(request)
        return super(MyAdminClass, self).get_changelist_instance(request)