Maintenance Mode and Deprecations in Liferay DXP 2024.Q4
Features moved to Maintenance Mode or marked as Deprecated in Liferay DXP 2024.Q4 appear here. For details about these statuses and their implications, see Maintenance Mode and Deprecations in 7.4.
Features Deprecated in Liferay DXP 2024.Q4
Here are the features deprecated in 2024.Q4:
Feature | Availability | Notes |
---|---|---|
Activities Widget | Bundled | No direct replacement. |
Akismet | Bundled | No direct replacement. |
Asset Publisher: Manual and Dynamic Selection Options | Bundled | Replaced by Collections for asset selection. |
Commerce Accounts | Bundled | Replaced by DXP/Portal Accounts. |
Commerce Addresses | Bundled | Replaced by DXP/Portal Addresses. |
Commerce Modal Tag | Bundled | No direct replacement. |
Commerce Notifications | Bundled | Replaced by DXP/Portal Notifications. |
Contact Center Widget | Bundled | No direct replacement. |
Embedded Widgets in Fragments | Bundled | Add widgets directly to content pages. |
Featured Content (Fragment Set) | Bundled | No direct replacement. |
Group Statistics Widget | Bundled | No direct replacement. |
Invite Members Widget | Bundled | No direct replacement. |
Liferay Faces | Bundled | Use client extensions or Liferay Objects. Alternatively, use Liferay’s MVC Portlet. |
Last Login Date field (Users API) | Bundled | No direct replacement. |
Liferay CLI Tool | Bundled | No direct replacement. |
Liferay npm bundler | Bundled | No longer needed for modern browsers. Use ECMAScript modules. |
Liferay Talend Connector | Bundled | No direct replacement. |
Liferay Themes Toolkit (Generator and Tasks) | Bundled | Use client extensions or site initializers. |
Media Gallery Widget | Bundled | No direct replacement. |
Message Boards | Bundled | Transition to the Questions application for data continuity. |
Microblogs | Bundled | No direct replacement. |
Most Viewed Assets Widget | Bundled | Use the Asset Publisher widget and select the Most Viewed Assets collection provider. |
My Subscription Widget | Bundled | No direct replacement. |
OpenAM | Bundled | All versions of OpenAM are deprecated as of 2024.Q4. |
PortletMVC4Spring | Bundled | Use client extensions or Liferay Objects. Alternatively, use Liferay’s MVC Portlet. |
Private Pages | Bundled | No direct replacement. |
Shared With Me Widget | Bundled | No direct replacement. |
Sites Directory Widget | Bundled | No direct replacement. |
Social Networking Plugin | Bundled | No direct replacement. |
Subscription Manager Widget | Bundled | No direct replacement. |
Walkthrough | Bundled | No direct replacement. |
Web Content Display Configuration: Scope | Bundled | Use Asset Libraries. |
Web Content Display Configuration: Sharing | Bundled | No direct replacement. |
Web Content Display Configuration: Supported Clients | Bundled | No direct replacement. |
Wiki | Bundled | Transition to Liferay Objects or Web Content for data continuity. |
XSL Content Widget | Bundled | No direct replacement. |
Where to Activate Deprecated Features
Some deprecated features can still be activated using a deprecation feature flag. The following table lists these features, their locations, and corresponding codes:
Feature | Settings Location | Code |
---|---|---|
Asset Selection for Asset Publisher | Instance Settings | LPD-39304 |
Private Pages | Instance Settings | LPD-38869 |
Widget Configuration Sharing | Instance Settings | LPD-40534 |
Widget Configuration Supported Clients | Instance Settings | LPD-40533 |
Wiki | Instance Settings | LPD-35013 |
Featured Content Fragment Set | System Settings | LPD-40529 |
Features Moved to Maintenance Mode in Liferay DXP 2024.Q4
Here are the features moved to Maintenance Mode in Liferay DXP 2024.Q4:
Feature | Notes |
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Asset Publisher | |
Commerce Search | Use the regular Search Bar widget if possible. |
Commerce Search Results widget | Use the regular Search Results widget if possible. |
Contacts Module | Moved 4 portlets in the Contacts module (Contacts Center, Members, My Contacts, Profile) to maintenance mode. No replacement currently available. |
Custom Fields | Use Liferay Objects if possible. |
Forms | Use the Form Container fragment if possible. |
Object Layouts | Use display page templates and form containers if possible. |
Object Views | |
Product Details widget | Use display page templates if possible. |
Product Publisher widget | |
Widget Pages | Use widgets directly in content pages if possible. |