Capability

Development and Tooling

Liferay offers a comprehensive toolkit to extend or customize your digital experience. Build applications quickly with low-code/no-code features like Objects, or leverage developer tools like Liferay Workspace and Blade CLI for further customizations.

For users on PaaS or running Self-Hosted, Liferay also offers tools deploying customizations.

Feature
Deployment Approach
Issuing JWT Access Tokens
Issuing JWT Access Tokens Liferay DXP 7.4 U45+/GA45+ You can configure Liferay to issue access tokens in the JWT format from System Settings. Enabling JWT Tokens Open the Global Menu...
JSON Web Token Assertions
JSON Web Token Assertions An assertion helps in sharing identity and security information across different domains. There are two uses for assertions: Authorization grants Client authentication...
Liferay DXP 2025.Q1 Breaking Changes
Liferay DXP 2025.Q1 Breaking Changes Breaking changes break or significantly alter existing functionality or code structure. Here are all of the breaking changes for Liferay DXP 2025.Q1. As the...
Tracking Events in Third Party Websites
Tracking Events in Third Party Websites You can use Analytics Cloud to track events for analysis on websites not built on Liferay DXP by adding JavaScript code to the and of your HTML pages: ...
2023.Q4 Default Setting and Feature Flag Changes
2023.Q4 Default Setting and Feature Flag Changes Most new versions of Liferay DXP include changes to the default settings. If you rely on the defaults from your old version, you should review the...
2024.Q1 Default Setting and Feature Flag Changes
2024.Q1 Default Setting and Feature Flag Changes Most new versions of Liferay DXP include changes to the default settings. If you rely on the defaults from your old version, you should review the...
2024.Q3 Default Setting and Feature Flag Changes
2024.Q3 Default Setting and Feature Flag Changes Most new versions of Liferay DXP include changes to the default settings. If you rely on the defaults from your old version, you should review the...
Using Private Key JWT (JSON Web Token)
Using Private Key JWT (JSON Web Token) Liferay supports private key JWT as an authentication method for OAuth 2 clients. In this flow, the client itself creates the assertion. Liferay authenticates...
2024.Q2 Default Setting and Feature Flag Changes
2024.Q2 Default Setting and Feature Flag Changes Most new versions of Liferay DXP include changes to the default settings. If you rely on the defaults from your old version, you should review the...
2024.Q4 Default Setting and Feature Flag Changes
2024.Q4 Default Setting and Feature Flag Changes Most new versions of Liferay DXP include changes to the default settings. If you rely on the defaults from your old version, you should review the...
2025.Q1 Default Setting and Feature Flag Changes
2025.Q1 Default Setting and Feature Flag Changes Most new versions of Liferay DXP include changes to the default settings. If you rely on the defaults from your old version, you should review the...
Best Practices for Managing Publications
Best Practices for Managing Publications Efficient publication workflows in Liferay help improve collaboration, reduce errors, and streamline content delivery. Follow these best practices to...
Configuring Authentication Types
Configuring Authentication Types Users can be configured to log in using one of three authentication types: Authentication TypeDescriptionUsed by Default? Screen NameDetermined by administrator or...
Securing Sign-In
Securing Sign-In The Sign-In widget calls the various mechanisms (the portal database, an LDAP server, a SAML identity provider, or any of the ways users can authenticate) that authenticate users....
Adding Icons to Navigation Menu Elements
Adding Icons to Navigation Menu Elements Liferay DXP 2025.Q2+ Use icons to make navigation menus easier to scan and more visually engaging. They provide quick visual cues that help users recognize...
Connecting Liferay DXP to Marketplace
Connecting Liferay DXP to Marketplace Liferay DXP 2025.Q1+/GA132+ You can connect Liferay DXP to Marketplace in Instance Settings. With this integration, you can add supported apps from the...
Adding Marketplace Fragments to Pages
Adding Marketplace Fragments to Pages Liferay DXP 2025.Q3+ Liferay Marketplace offers a range of apps and fragments that integrate seamlessly into the Page Editor. Access, configure, and use these...
Authorize.Net for Commerce 2.0 and Earlier Versions
Authorize.Net for Commerce 2.0 and Earlier Versions Liferay supports Authorize.Net as a payment method. Authorize.Net, a subsidiary of Visa, provides payment gateway services. Prerequisites Before...
Installing Payment Methods From Marketplace
Installing Payment Methods From Marketplace Liferay DXP 2025.Q2+ Currently, this feature is behind a release feature flag (LPD-35941). Read Release Feature Flags for more information. This...
Managing Payment Methods for Commerce 2.0 and Earlier Versions
Managing Payment Methods for Commerce 2.0 and Earlier Versions In Liferay Commerce 2.0 and earlier, payment methods are scoped by store site. To manage payment methods in Commerce 2.0 and below,...
Mercanet for Commerce 2.0 and Earlier Versions
Mercanet for Commerce 2.0 and Earlier Versions Liferay supports Mercanet as a payment method out of the box. Since Mercanet accepts only EUR, the store's primary currency must be EUR. ...
Migrating Liferay Instances
Migrating Liferay Instances Liferay DXP 2025.Q2+/Portal GA148+ [Beta Feature](../../security-and-administration/administration/configuring-liferay/feature-flags.md#beta-feature-flags) You can...
2024 Deprecations and Breaking Changes
2024 Deprecations and Breaking Changes Liferay quarterly releases introduce new features and enhancements while phasing out older or less-used functionality. Some features move to Maintenance Mode,...
2023 Deprecations and Breaking Changes
2023 Deprecations and Breaking Changes Liferay quarterly releases introduce new features and enhancements while phasing out older or less-used functionality. Some features move to Maintenance Mode,...
2025 Deprecations and Breaking Changes
2025 Deprecations and Breaking Changes Liferay quarterly releases introduce new features and enhancements while phasing out older or less-used functionality. Some features move to Maintenance Mode,...
Maintenance and Downtime
Maintenance and Downtime Sometimes, big changes in the underlying infrastructure of a project may cause downtime. When planning for these changes, you can enable maintenance mode to redirect...
Setting Rates for Tax Calculations for Commerce 2.1 and Earlier Versions
Setting Rates for Tax Calculations for Commerce 2.1 and Earlier Versions Define tax rates in Liferay Commerce using configurable tax engines and assign them to tax categories. You can then apply...
Creating Tax Categories for Commerce 2.0 and Earlier Versions
Creating Tax Categories for Commerce 2.0 and Earlier Versions Liferay Commerce uses tax categories to store and apply tax rates to channel products and shipping costs. Once a tax category is...
Creating Tax Categories for Commerce 2.1 and Earlier Versions
Creating Tax Categories for Commerce 2.1 and Earlier Versions Liferay Commerce uses tax categories to store and apply tax rates to channel products and shipping costs. Once a tax category is...
Installing and Using the Liferay Commerce Connector to Stripe Tax App
Installing and Using the Liferay Commerce Connector to Stripe Tax App Liferay DXP 2025.Q2+ Liferay provides a cloud-based Stripe tax connector app that is based on the Tax Engine Client Extension...
Setting Rates for Tax Calculations for Commerce 2.0 and Earlier Versions
Setting Rates for Tax Calculations for Commerce 2.0 and Earlier Versions Define tax rates in Liferay Commerce using configurable tax engines and assign them to tax categories. You can then apply...
Maintenance Mode and Deprecations in Liferay DXP 2025.Q2
Maintenance Mode and Deprecations in Liferay DXP 2025.Q2 Features moved to Maintenance Mode or marked as Deprecated in Liferay DXP 2025.Q2 appear here. For details about these statuses and their...
Orders Menu Reference Guide for Commerce 2.0 and Earlier Versions
Orders Menu Reference Guide for Commerce 2.0 and Earlier Versions Orders can be viewed and managed by an administrator in the Orders menu. To access the Orders menu, navigate to the Control Panel →...
Orders Menu Reference Guide for Commerce 2.1 and Earlier Versions
Orders Menu Reference Guide for Commerce 2.1 and Earlier Versions Orders can be viewed and managed by an administrator in the Orders menu. To access the Orders menu, navigate to the Control Panel →...
Processing an Order for Commerce 2.1 and Earlier Versions
Processing an Order for Commerce 2.1 and Earlier Versions To process an order, you must first accept it. You can accept orders in the Pending status. Shipments are created while orders are...
Processing an Order for Commerce 2.0 and Earlier Versions
Processing an Order for Commerce 2.0 and Earlier Versions To process an order, you must first accept it. You can accept orders in the Pending status. Shipments are created while orders are...
Creating a Shipment for Commerce 2.0 and Earlier Versions
Creating a Shipment for Commerce 2.0 and Earlier Versions Creating a shipment is integrated with the Orders menu. You can also manage all shipments in the Shipments menu once an order is in the...
Updating User Profile Pictures for Liferay 7.3 and Earlier Versions
Updating User Profile Pictures for Liferay 7.3 and Earlier Versions Users have profile pictures. Administrative Users can upload images in the Edit User form, and Users can update their own account...
Provisioning Liferay in Kubernetes
Provisioning Liferay in Kubernetes Cloud environments require a layer of orchestration to manage containers, and that is usually Kubernetes. If you're already heavily invested in the cloud, you can...
Installing Liferay in Amazon Web Services
Installing Liferay in Amazon Web Services You can run Liferay DXP on AWS using a new or an existing EKS cluster; a plain installation or Liferay's offering on AWS Marketplace. Either installation...