How to automatically create user profile for new users that register to the platform in Django

Question

I have created a models file with custom user model and employeeProfile with details for the employee profile, a signal file to automatically create a profile for new user. Although i have set this up, new users profile is not created automatically forcing me to add them manually in the admin page. Kindly assist with a solution.

models.py file looks like this

(...) # imports
class CustomUser(AbstractBaseUser, PermissionsMixin):
    email = models.EmailField(max_length=255, unique=True)
    name = models.CharField(max_length=255)
    is_active = models.BooleanField(default=True)
    is_staff = models.BooleanField(default=False)
    date_joined = models.DateTimeField(
        default=datetime.now, blank=True)  # To add then run migrations

    objects = CustomUserManager()

    USERNAME_FIELD = 'email'
    REQUIRED_FIELDS = ['name']  # email is already required, no need to add

    def get_full_name(self):
        return self.name

    def get_short_name(self):
        return self.name

    def __str__(self):
        return self.email


# Employees profile
class employeeProfile(models.Model):
    user = models.OneToOneField(
        CustomUser, on_delete=models.CASCADE, related_name="profile")
    description = models.TextField(blank=True, null=True)
    location = models.CharField(max_length=30, blank=True)
    Department = models.CharField(max_length=30, blank=True)
    Job_title = models.CharField(max_length=30, blank=True)
    date_joined = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
    updated_on = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)
    is_manager = models.BooleanField(default=False)

    def __str__(self):
        return self.user.name

CustomUserManager file

class CustomUserManager(BaseUserManager):

    def create_user(self, email, name, password=None):
        if not email:
            raise ValueError("Users must have an email address")

        email = self.normalize_email(email)
        user = self.model(email=email, name=name)

        user.set_password(password)
        user.save()

        return user

    def create_superuser(self, email, name, password):
        user = self.create_user(email, password)

        user.is_superuser = True
        user.is_staff = True
        user.save()

        return user

Signal.py file

(...) # other imports
from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
User = get_user_model()

@receiver(post_save, sender=User)
def create_profile(sender, instance, created, **kwargs):
    if created:
        employeeProfile.objects.create(user=instance)

NB: I have registered my signal in accounts

from django.apps import AppConfig

class AccountsConfig(AppConfig):
    name = 'accounts'

    def ready(self):
        import accounts.signals

Answer 1

If you setup your signal properly it should suffice your requirement.

The proper setup of signal is you have to update the apps.py

e.g:

apps.py

class MyAppConfig(AppConfig):
  name='myapp'

  def ready(self):
     # import your signal file in here if the app is ready
     from . import receivers

finally update the app init.py, by importing your apps.py:

e.g.

default_app_config='myapp.apps.MyAppConfig'