How to use SHELL_PLUS_DONT_LOAD? django-extensions==1.6.1, Django==1.9.2

Question

I have the following setting:

SHELL_PLUS_DONT_LOAD = ['django.contrib.auth.models.User']

However, when I run python manage.py shell_plus this model is still loaded.

# Shell Plus Model Imports
from [Redacted] import [Redacted]
from [Redacted] import [Redacted]
from django.contrib.admin.models import LogEntry
from django.contrib.auth.models import Group, Permission, User
from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
from django.contrib.sessions.models import Session
# Shell Plus Django Imports
from django.conf import settings
from django.db import transaction
from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
from django.db.models import Avg, Count, F, Max, Min, Sum, Q, Prefetch, Case, When
from django.utils import timezone
from django.core.cache import cache

Any hints or clues about how to debug this?

Answer 1

"When referencing nested modules, e.g. somepackage.someapp.models.somemodel, omit the package name and the reference to models. For example:"

SHELL_PLUS_DONT_LOAD = ['someapp.somemodel', ]  # This works
SHELL_PLUS_DONT_LOAD = ['somepackage.someapp.models.somemodel', ]  # This does NOT work

Source: https://django-extensions.readthedocs.io/en/latest/shell_plus.html