Rename A Django Project Name And Django App Name

 Rename A Project Name 

1. Rename the oldprojectname directory to newprojectname

2. manage.py: Change os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'oldprojectname.settings')

3. newprojectname/wsgi.py: Change os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'oldprojectname.settings')

4. newprojectname/settings.py: Change ROOT_URLCONF = 'oldprojectname.urls' and change WSGI_APPLICATION = 'oldprojectname.wsgi.application'

5. newprojectname/urls.py: Change oldprojectname in a line I had added

1. Rename the folder which is in your project root
2. Change any references to your app in their dependencies, i.e. the app's views.py, urls.py , 'manage.py' , and settings.py files.
3. Edit the database table django_content_type with the following command: UPDATE django_content_type SET app_label='<NewAppName>' WHERE app_label='<OldAppName>'
4. Also if you have models, you will have to rename the model tables. For postgres use ALTER TABLE <oldAppName>_modelName RENAME TO <newAppName>_modelName. For mysql too I think it is the same (as mentioned by @null_radix)
5. (For Django >= 1.7) Update the django_migrations table to avoid having your previous migrations re-run: UPDATE django_migrations SET app='<NewAppName>' WHERE app='<OldAppName>'. Note: there is some debate (in comments) if this step is required for Django 1.8+; If someone knows for sure please update here.
6. If your models.py 's Meta Class has app_name listed, make sure to rename that too (mentioned by @will).
7. If you've namespaced your static or templates folders inside your app, you'll also need to rename those. For example, rename old_app/static/old_app to new_app/static/new_app.
8. For renaming django models, you'll need to change django_content_type.name entry in DB. For postgreSQL use UPDATE django_content_type SET name='<newModelName>' where name='<oldModelName>' AND app_label='<OldAppName>'