Design Libraries
Liferay DXP 2026.Q3+ Release Feature (LPD-57283)
A design library is an instance-level container where a single team defines, maintains, and shares style books and page fragments across multiple sites. In Liferay DXP 2026.Q4+, design libraries also support content page templates. Connected sites draw these design resources from a single, centrally managed source.
A design library is a specialized asset library that maintains its own members, roles, and LAR export and import capabilities.
Style books, page fragments, and content page templates remain available at site scope. A design library supplements rather than replaces site-scoped resources. Connected sites can still define their own style books, fragments, and templates alongside the library’s design resources.
An instance administrator must enable the LPD-57283 release feature flag before Design Libraries appears. See Feature Flags. Once it is enabled, open the Global Menu (
) and click Applications → Design Libraries.
Choosing Between a Design Library and Site-Scoped Resources
A style book or page fragment defined in a site applies to that site’s pages only, which is the right scope when one site owns its own visual identity.
Move resources into a design library when a central team manages a unified visual identity across multiple sites. This keeps the sites from gradually diverging and avoids repeating the same edit in every site. For example, a brand team maintaining a dozen regional sites can edit and publish a library style book once to instantly update every page that uses it.
Three properties decide whether that fits:
- Central control. Connecting or disconnecting a site requires update permission on the library, so a site administrator cannot attach or detach their own site.
- Central definition. A style book you publish in the library reaches every page using it, and a site can neither override it nor stage the change for review. A fragment you publish reaches the fragments already placed on pages when you propagate the change, so the library stays the single source and each rollout is deliberate.
- Separate membership. Library roles are independent of site roles, so a site administrator can select the library’s style book for a page but cannot edit it without a role in the library.
Creating and Managing Design Libraries
Create, configure, export, and import a design library. In Liferay DXP 2026.Q4+, view a library’s design resources, members, and connected sites directly from its home page, or perform bulk deletions. See Creating and Managing Design Libraries.
Sharing Design Resources Across Sites
Add design resources to a design library, connect sites, and use the shared design resources for those sites’ pages. See Sharing Design Resources Across Sites.
Managing Design Library Members
Add users and user groups to a design library and assign the design library roles that determine what each member can do. See Managing Design Library Members.