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.

Check these articles for an introduction:

Feature
Deployment Approach
Capability
Configuring Limits for File Previews
Official Documentation
Configuring Limits for File Previews Liferay DXP 2024.Q1/Portal GA112 Users can preview certain documents (e.g. PDF or text files) in the Documents and Media application; however, previews can...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:50 PM
Creating Documents
Official Documentation
Creating Documents You can use external tools like Google Drive and Microsoft Office 365 to create, edit, and store documents, spreadsheets, and presentations directly within Liferay's Documents...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:50 PM
Copying Folders and Documents
Official Documentation
Copying Folders and Documents Liferay 2024.Q1+/Portal GA112+ With Documents and Media, you can copy folders, files, and shortcuts between sites and connected asset libraries. This can accelerate...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:50 PM
Creating and Editing Documents with Google Drive
Official Documentation
Creating and Editing Documents with Google Drive You can use Google Docs™ to create and edit text documents, spreadsheets, or presentations for storage in the Docs and Media library. When you...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:50 PM
Creating and Editing Documents with Microsoft Office 365
Official Documentation
Creating and Editing Documents with Microsoft Office 365 Use Office 365™ to create and edit text documents, spreadsheets, or presentations for storage in the Documents and Media library. After...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:50 PM
For Liferay 7.3.x and Earlier
Official Documentation
For Liferay 7.3.x and Earlier The Documents and Media application comes with a built-in image editor. Edit images right from your browser and apply filters, adjust contrast, or crop. In the...
Published Date: Oct 17, 2024 7:19 PM
Limiting File Size
Official Documentation
Limiting File Size You can configure file size limits in Documents and Media. Set a maximum file upload size or for more granularity, define file size limits based on MIME Types. This can take...
Published Date: Oct 17, 2024 3:55 PM
Enabling DocuSign Digital Signatures
Official Documentation
Enabling DocuSign Digital Signatures Liferay Portal 7.4 GA3+ You can now integrate DocuSign digital signatures into your Liferay documents. DocuSign is a service that manages documents to be...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:50 PM
Linking to Files on Google Drive
Official Documentation
Linking to Files on Google Drive You can create files in your Document Library that link to files in Google Drive™ or images in Google Photos™. To enable this functionality, see Enabling Links to...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:50 PM
Managing Files
Official Documentation
Managing Files Once you've added files to your document library, you can manage them via the Documents and Media UI. To access management actions for a file, select it or click Actions (Actions...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:50 PM
Editing Images
Official Documentation
Editing Images Liferay's Documents and Media includes a built-in image editor for cropping and rotating images without switching contexts. To use the image editor, open Documents and Media, click...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:50 PM
Managing Metadata
Official Documentation
Managing Metadata Leverage your Liferay environment to manage metadata for your digital assets. Learn how to define and organize metadata to enhance the searchability and usability of your...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:50 PM
Defining Document Types
Official Documentation
Defining Document Types In Liferay, Document Types are templates used for uploading files and categorizing them in Documents and Media. These templates are created using metadata fields and provide...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:50 PM
Defining Document Types for Liferay 7.3 and Earlier Versions
Official Documentation
Defining Document Types for Liferay 7.3 and Earlier Versions In Liferay, Document Types are templates used for uploading files and categorizing them in Documents and Media. These templates are...
Published Date: Sep 17, 2024 3:31 PM
Defining Metadata Sets
Official Documentation
Defining Metadata Sets With Documents and Media, you can define reusable groups of metadata fields that can be added to custom Document Types. Once created, these Metadata Sets can be selected...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:50 PM
Uploading Files
Official Documentation
Uploading Files With Documents and Media, you can upload any type of file to your Liferay instance's file store or connected repositories. Once uploaded, users with the requisite permissions can...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:50 PM
Using File Expiration and Review Dates
Official Documentation
Using File Expiration and Review Dates Liferay DXP/Portal 7.4+ With the Documents and Media application, you can set expiration and review dates for files. This helps manage digital assets that...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:50 PM
Defining Metadata Sets For Liferay 7.3 and Earlier Versions
Official Documentation
Defining Metadata Sets For Liferay 7.3 and Earlier Versions With Documents and Media, you can define reusable groups of metadata fields that can be added to custom Document Types. Once created,...
Published Date: Sep 17, 2024 3:31 PM
Using Folders
Official Documentation
Using Folders By default, uploaded files are stored in the Documents and Media root folder (i.e., Home), but you can create additional folders to organize and manage your files. Each folder can...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:50 PM
Videos
Official Documentation
Videos
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:50 PM
Creating External Video Shortcuts
Official Documentation
Creating External Video Shortcuts Liferay 7.4+ With Liferay's Documents and Media application, you can save references to videos hosted on external platforms. These references can then be used to...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:50 PM
Changing Your Site's Appearance
Official Documentation
Changing Your Site's Appearance Liferay has many ways to customize your site's appearance. Your site's favicon and theme are two of the first elements you may want to change. Themes set a default...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM
Embedding Videos Into Liferay Assets and Pages
Official Documentation
Embedding Videos Into Liferay Assets and Pages With Liferay, you can use URLs and video shortcuts to embed videos into Web Content, Knowledge Base articles, Forms, Blog entries, and Site Pages. ...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:50 PM
Getting Started
Official Documentation
Getting Started Liferay DXP is a powerful, open source, enterprise-ready platform for building and deploying web applications. However, all of that power and functionality can make it difficult to...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM
DXP
Official Documentation
DXP Welcome to the official documentation for the latest versions of Liferay DXP and Liferay Portal! Liferay DXP is the commercially supported and enterprise ready platform used around the world,...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:49 PM
Integration
Official Documentation
Integration
Published Date: Jun 28, 2025 6:29 PM
Navigating DXP
Official Documentation
Navigating DXP Liferay DXP's out-of-the-box navigation is organized into three major areas: Site Menu, Personal Menu, and Global Menu. Site Menu The DXP Site Menu on the left side of the screen...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM
Starting with a Docker Image
Official Documentation
Starting with a Docker Image The latest versions of Liferay are available as Docker images on Docker Hub. They're in two categories: Liferay/Portal Liferay/DXP Follow the steps below to...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM
API Builder
Official Documentation
API Builder Liferay DXP 2023.Q4+/Portal GA102+ [Beta Feature](../security-and-administration/administration/configuring-liferay/feature-flags.md#beta-feature-flags) This feature is currently...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM
Creating Your First Site
Official Documentation
Creating Your First Site Sites are collections of pages that contain and display content. This article walks through creating a new Site based on an existing out-of-the-box template. Creating a...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM
Introduction to the Admin Account
Official Documentation
Introduction to the Admin Account The Admin User account is created by default in any new installation of Liferay DXP and has full permissions to modify every facet of a Liferay DXP instance. The...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM
Building a Sample API Application
Official Documentation
Building a Sample API Application Liferay DXP 2023.Q4+/Portal GA102+ [Beta Feature](../../security-and-administration/administration/configuring-liferay/feature-flags.md#beta-feature-flags) The...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM
Headless APIs
Official Documentation
Headless APIs
Published Date: Jun 28, 2025 6:29 PM
Analytics Cloud APIs
Official Documentation
Analytics Cloud APIs You can use headless APIs to interface with Analytics Cloud. Here are resources to help you understand and integrate these APIs to enhance your ability to manage content.
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:44 PM
Exporting Data
Official Documentation
Exporting Data Various analytics data can be accessed through the sites dashboard and the individuals dashboard. Analytics data can also be fetched and exported using Analytics Cloud's APIs....
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:44 PM
Authentication
Official Documentation
Authentication An access token is necessary for making API calls to Liferay Analytics Cloud. Navigate to Settings → APIs to generate an access token. Choose the duration (e.g. 30 days, 6 months, 1...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:44 PM
Commerce APIs
Official Documentation
Commerce APIs You can use headless APIs to interface with Liferay Commerce features, including products, catalogs, and price lists. Here are resources to help you understand and integrate these...
Published Date: Jul 3, 2025 8:32 PM
Inventory Management APIs
Official Documentation
Inventory Management APIs Here is a comprehensive resource for understanding and leveraging Liferay’s inventory management APIs.
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:45 PM
Querying Data
Official Documentation
Querying Data The root endpoint of Liferay Analytics Cloud is . You can get the list of all data types endpoints by requesting a GET to the above URL. Try with curl curl -i -L -H "Authorization:...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:44 PM
Resource Types and Structure
Official Documentation
Resource Types and Structure Properties activeIndividualsCount (Number): Number of active individuals belonging to the account. dateCreated (Date): Date the account was created in the system. ...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:44 PM