Content Management System

Liferay’s Content Management System (CMS) creates, structures, and delivers content across sites and digital channels. Two separate CMS approaches are available beginning in Liferay DXP 2026.Q1:

Headless CMS: Manage content as structured, reusable data powered by objects and spaces. This architecture decouples content from presentation, enabling delivery across multiple channels via headless APIs.

Classic CMS: Manage content within traditional sites using pages, asset libraries, and site-scoped tools. This integrated approach is backed by Liferay’s web content system and is optimized for web-centric delivery and native site-building tools. The classic CMS is in maintenance mode as of Liferay DXP 2026.Q1.

Legacy collaboration features, such as message boards and wiki, remain available for backward compatibility. See Deprecated Content Features for information.

Liferay Headless Content Management System

Getting Started With The Content Management System Spaces Assets Content Structures Content Management System Dashboards and Analytics Managing Deleted Entries in The Content Management System Translating Content in the Content Management System Managing Permissions in the Content Management System Content Management System Permissions Reference Using Content Management System Assets in Liferay Asset Libraries API Basics

Classic Content Management System

Alerts and Announcements Asset Libraries Calendar Content Dashboard Knowledge Base Notifications and Requests Page Performance and Accessibility Questions Widget Recycle Bin Social Tools Tags and Categories Translating Pages and Content Web Content Deprecated Content Features