Ordering admin.ModelAdmin objects

I eventually managed to do it thanks to this Django snippet, you just need to be aware of the ADMIN_REORDER setting:

ADMIN_REORDER = (
    ('app1', ('App1Model1', 'App1Model2', 'App1Model3')),
    ('app2', ('App2Model1', 'App2Model2')),
)

app1 must not be prefixed with the project name, i.e. use app1 instead of mysite.app1.

A workaround that you can try is tweaking your models.py as follows:

class Topping(models.Model):
    .
    .
    .
    class Meta:
        verbose_name_plural = "2. Toppings"

class Pizza(models.Model):
    .
    .
    .
    class Meta:
        verbose_name_plural = "1. Pizzas"

Not sure if it is against the django's best practices but it works (tested with django trunk).

Good luck!

PS: sorry if this answer was posted too late but it can help others in future similar situations.

If you want to solve this in 10 seconds just use spaces in verbose_name_plural, for example:

class Topping(models.Model):
    class Meta:
        verbose_name_plural = "  Toppings" # 2 spaces

class Pizza(models.Model):
    class Meta:
        verbose_name_plural = " Pizzas" # 1 space

Of course it isn't ellegant but may work for a while before we get a better solution.