Display tick and cross icons for a property in the Django administration console

You don't want to use list_filter. The property you're looking for is list_display. The documentation offers an example of how you can create a column that behaves like a boolean in the display. In short, you do something like this:

1. Create a method in the class:

   def is_activated(self)
       if self.bar == 'something':
           return True
       return False
   

2. add the .boolean method attribute directly below the is_activated method:

   is_activated.boolean = True
   

3. Add the method as a field in list_display:

   class MyAdmin(ModelAdmin): list_display = ['name', 'is_activated']

4. You'll notice the column name is probably now "Is Activated" or something like that. If you want the column heading to change, you use the short_description method attribute:

   is_activated.short_description = "Activated"
   

The correct way to do this now in Django 3.0+ is with @admin.display.

    @admin.display(
      boolean=True,
      ordering='-publish_date',
      description='Is Published?', 
    ) 
    def is_published(self, obj):
        return obj.publish_date is not None