From 4648b7b0b33ecb53a28f94948e2175aa6131cc0a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mandel Olaiya <mandeleolaiya15@icloud.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2026 01:01:46 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Filter demo-data plugins from production settings

---
 mandelstudio/settings/base.py | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mandelstudio/settings/base.py b/mandelstudio/settings/base.py
index a5548f6..c714f9c 100644
--- a/mandelstudio/settings/base.py
+++ b/mandelstudio/settings/base.py
@@ -27,6 +27,14 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     "mandelstudio",
 ] + INSTALLED_APPS
 
+# Never allow demo-data plugins in this production project context.
+def _is_demo_data_app(app_label: str) -> bool:
+    normalized = "".join(ch for ch in app_label.lower() if ch.isalnum())
+    return "demodata" in normalized
+
+
+INSTALLED_APPS = [app for app in INSTALLED_APPS if not _is_demo_data_app(app)]
+
 # Route through the project URL layer so MandelStudio can override
 # sitemap/robots behavior while still delegating the main Ocyan routes.
 ROOT_URLCONF = "mandelstudio.urls"