From f2ff61817c7de95ab7f45ee63db6ec7c195ac65d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Leonardo Cavallucci <leo.cavallucci@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2023 14:27:03 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add force_str to FeaturedPostsPlugin __str__ method (#782)

---
 changes/780.bugfix       | 1 +
 djangocms_blog/models.py | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 changes/780.bugfix

diff --git a/changes/780.bugfix b/changes/780.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d7bfacfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/780.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add force_str to FeaturedPostsPlugin __str__ method
diff --git a/djangocms_blog/models.py b/djangocms_blog/models.py
index 52cac208..66a39c0c 100644
--- a/djangocms_blog/models.py
+++ b/djangocms_blog/models.py
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ class FeaturedPostsPlugin(BasePostPlugin):
     posts = SortedManyToManyField(Post, verbose_name=_("Featured posts"))
 
     def __str__(self):
-        return _("Featured posts")
+        return force_str(_("Featured posts"))
 
     def copy_relations(self, oldinstance):
         self.posts.set(oldinstance.posts.all())