Fixed #27810 -- Allowed query expressions in admin_order_field.

docs/ref/contrib/admin/index.txt

@@ -745,6 +745,24 @@ subclass::
 
               author_first_name.admin_order_field = 'author__first_name'
 
+      :doc:`Query expressions </ref/models/expressions>` may be used in
+      ``admin_order_field``. For example::
+
+          from django.db.models import Value
+          from django.db.models.functions import Concat
+
+          class Person(models.Model):
+              first_name = models.CharField(max_length=50)
+              last_name = models.CharField(max_length=50)
+
+              def full_name(self):
+                  return self.first_name + ' ' + self.last_name
+              full_name.admin_order_field = Concat('first_name', Value(' '), 'last_name')
+
+      .. versionadded:: 2.1
+
+          Support for expressions in ``admin_order_field`` was added.
+
     * Elements of ``list_display`` can also be properties. Please note however,
       that due to the way properties work in Python, setting
       ``short_description`` on a property is only possible when using the

docs/releases/2.1.txt

@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ Minor features
   :meth:`.ModelAdmin.get_sortable_by` method allow limiting the columns that
   can be sorted in the change list page.
 
+* The ``admin_order_field`` attribute for elements in
+  :attr:`.ModelAdmin.list_display` may now be a query expression.
+
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