Anywhere in a settings.TEMPLATE_DIRS directory: # ./admin/<app>/change_form.html: **************************************************** {% block extrahead %} {{ block.super }} <style>label b{font-weight:normal;font-size:0.75em;color:#888;display:block;margin-top:120px;}</style> <script type="text/javascript"> django.jQuery(document).ready(function(){ django.jQuery('#id_body').keypress(function(){ django.jQuery('label[for=id_body]').html("Body:<b>Word count: " + this.value.split(" ").length + "</b>"); }); }); </script> {% endblock %}