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 | Deprecated in 2024.Q4. No direct replacement. |
| Akismet | Bundled | Deprecated in 2024.Q4. No direct replacement. |
| Asset Publisher: Manual and Dynamic Selection Options | Bundled | Deprecated in 2024.Q4. Replaced by Collections for asset selection. |
| Commerce Accounts | Bundled | Deprecated in 2024.Q4. Replaced by DXP/Portal Accounts. |
| Commerce Addresses | Bundled | Deprecated in 2024.Q4. Replaced by DXP/Portal Addresses. |
| Commerce Modal Tag | Bundled | Deprecated in 2024.Q4. No direct replacement. |
| Commerce Notifications | Bundled | Deprecated in 2024.Q4. Replaced by DXP/Portal Notifications. |
| Contact Center Widget | Bundled | Deprecated in 2024.Q4. No direct replacement. |
| Embedded Widgets in Fragments | Bundled | Deprecated in 2024.Q4. Add widgets directly to content pages. |
| Featured Content (Fragment Set) | Bundled | Deprecated in 2024.Q4. No direct replacement. |
| Group Statistics Widget | Bundled | Deprecated in 2024.Q4. No direct replacement. |
| Invite Members Widget | Bundled | Deprecated in 2024.Q4. No direct replacement. |
| Liferay Faces | Bundled | Deprecated in 2024.Q4. Use client extensions or Liferay Objects. Alternatively, use Liferay’s MVC Portlet. |
| Last Login Date field (Users API) | Bundled | Deprecated in 2024.Q4. No direct replacement. |
| Liferay CLI Tool | Bundled | Deprecated in 2024.Q4. No direct replacement. |
| Liferay npm bundler | Bundled | Deprecated in 2024.Q4. No longer needed for modern browsers. Use ECMAScript modules. |
| Liferay Talend Connector | Bundled | Deprecated in 2024.Q4. No direct replacement. |
| Liferay Themes Toolkit (Generator and Tasks) | Bundled | Deprecated in 2024.Q4. Use client extensions or site initializers. |
| Media Gallery Widget | Bundled | Deprecated in 2024.Q4. No direct replacement. |
| Message Boards | Bundled | Deprecated in 2024.Q4. Transition to the Questions application for data continuity. |
| Microblogs | Bundled | Deprecated in 2024.Q4. No direct replacement. |
| Most Viewed Assets Widget | Bundled | Deprecated in 2024.Q4. Use the Asset Publisher widget and select the Most Viewed Assets collection provider. |
| My Subscription Widget | Bundled | Deprecated in 2024.Q4. No direct replacement. |
| OpenAM | Bundled | All versions of OpenAM are deprecated as of 2024.Q4. |
| PortletMVC4Spring | Bundled | Deprecated in 2024.Q4. Use client extensions or Liferay Objects. Alternatively, use Liferay’s MVC Portlet. |
| Private Pages | Bundled | Deprecated in 2024.Q4. No direct replacement. |
| Shared With Me Widget | Bundled | Deprecated in 2024.Q4. No direct replacement. |
| Sites Directory Widget | Bundled | Deprecated in 2024.Q4. No direct replacement. |
| Social Networking Plugin | Bundled | Deprecated in 2024.Q4. No direct replacement. |
| Subscription Manager Widget | Bundled | Deprecated in 2024.Q4. No direct replacement. |
| Walkthrough | Bundled | Deprecated in 2024.Q4. No direct replacement. |
| Web Content Display Configuration: Scope | Bundled | Deprecated in 2024.Q4. Use Asset Libraries. |
| Web Content Display Configuration: Sharing | Bundled | Deprecated in 2024.Q4. No direct replacement. |
| Web Content Display Configuration: Supported Clients | Bundled | Deprecated in 2024.Q4. No direct replacement. |
| Wiki | Bundled | Deprecated in 2024.Q4. Transition to Liferay Objects or Web Content for data continuity. |
| XSL Content Widget | Bundled | Deprecated in 2024.Q4. 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 |
|---|---|
| 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. |