Managing Content Page Versions
Liferay DXP 2026.Q4+ Release Feature
Currently, this feature is behind a release feature flag (LPD-10622).
Content Page Versioning saves published versions of a content page. You can preview a saved version, restore its content to the page’s draft to undo an unwanted change, or delete versions you no longer need.
The Version History panel shows the current page and the page’s saved versions. To see only the changes made during your current editing session, use History (
) in the page editor.
Saving Content Page Versions
Liferay DXP saves a version each time you publish a content page, even if nothing changed since the last version. Saving a draft doesn’t create a version. If pages go through a workflow, the version is saved when the changes are approved.
Changes made in Publications save no version, whether you publish the page inside a publication or publish the publication itself.
Only content pages have versions. Page templates, master page templates, display page templates, and utility pages have none, even when you publish them.
Opening the Version History
You can open a page’s version history from the Pages application, which lists the site’s pages, or from the page editor. Either way, a preview of the page opens with the Version History panel. The View History action appears only when you have Update permission on the page and are not working in a publication.
While you view a page’s version history, other users cannot edit the page, the same as while you edit it. You also cannot open the history while another user is changing the page. In both cases the page is locked. See Configuring Locked Pages to learn what other users see while a page is locked.
From the Pages Application
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Open the Site Menu (
), expand Site Builder, and click Pages. -
Click Actions (
) next to the page → View History.
From the Page Editor
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Go to the content page and click Edit (
) to start editing it. -
Click Options (
) at the top right of the page editor → View History.
On the page itself, View History appears only in the page editor’s Options menu, not when you view the published page.
Reviewing the Version History Panel
The Version History panel shows the current page first, followed by the page’s saved versions.
On narrow screens, the panel is closed. To open it, click Open Version History Panel (
) at the left of the toolbar above the preview.
The first entry (1), with Current Page under the page name, is the page as it is now. Its status is Draft when the page has unpublished changes and Published otherwise. Select it to preview the page, including its draft changes. This entry has no Actions menu.
Each saved version (2) appears below it with
- The page name saved with the version
- The page creator’s avatar and a Modified by line showing the creator’s name and the date and time the version was saved
- The version number, such as Version 6
- The Published label
The Modified by line shows the page creator, even when another user published the version.
A saved version also has an Actions menu (3). Restoring a Version and Deleting a Version describe its options.
To filter the versions by page name, creator’s name, or version number, enter a term in the search field at the top of the panel.
Previewing a Version
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In the Version History panel, select a version. The page appears as it was published in that version.
In the toolbar, use the Experience selector to switch among the experiences saved with the version, and the language selector to view each language saved for the selected experience.
The preview is read-only. Links and forms do not work in it.
If the preview failed to generate when a version was saved, selecting that version shows a message that no preview is available.
Restoring a Version
Restoring a version replaces the page’s draft with that version’s content. It does not publish the page and does not add a version.
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In the Version History panel, click Actions (
) on the version you want to restore → Restore Version.
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If the page has unpublished changes, click Restore to confirm. Restoring discards those changes.
The page reloads, and the Current Page entry shows the restored content. To make the restored content live, edit the page and publish it. Publishing saves a new version.
Deleting a Version
The latest published version cannot be deleted, so its Actions menu has no Delete Version.
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In the Version History panel, click Actions (
) on the version you want to delete → Delete Version. -
Confirm the deletion by clicking Delete.
A success message appears. The version and its preview are removed permanently and do not go to the Recycle Bin.
Version numbers are never reused, so deleting a version leaves a gap in the numbering.