We’ve introduced the Multiselector Dropdown Fragment to make managing large amounts of data effortless for users. Instead of scrolling through a long list of checkboxes, It keeps your design clean while allowing users to easily find what they need, manage their choices as removable tags, or clear all selections with a single click—all configurable directly within the page editor.

Key Benefits:

• Instead of overwhelming your page with a long, messy list of checkboxes, this fragment tucks all your options into a single, sleek input field. This saves valuable screen space and keeps your design looking professional, even when dealing with dozens or hundreds of choices.

• Users no longer have to scroll and hunt for the right option. With built-in filtering, they can simply start typing to find exactly what they need instantly. Selected items are neatly organized as tags, making it easy for users to review or change their choices with a single click.

Users can utilize CKEditor 5 as the default rich text interface for 'Description' fields across the platform.

Standardise the pattern so “selected/current items” and “available items” always appear in the same side, and reordering is always done in the same place and in the same way.

Key Benefits:

• Users don’t have to re-learn the UI depending on the screen.

• Reduces cases where users reorder or move the wrong list because the meaning of left vs right changes.

• Consistent patterns speed up repetitive configuration work, especially for power users managing multiple sites/instances.

• Predictable placement improves keyboard and screen-reader expectations and makes the interaction easier to document and test.

• Aligns one of the most visible admin patterns across Site and Instance settings, improving overall quality perception.

Elasticsearch 8.19 is now the minimum compatible Elasticsearch 8 minor version.

Key Benefits:

Operating Liferay DXP with the latest available minor version of Elasticsearch 8 (8.19) that includes security fixes and enhancements.

• Up-to-date, secure Liferay-DXP stack

• Performance improvements

The OpenSearch 2 connector is transitioning to Generally Available (GA). A new version of the application is expected to be released on Liferay Marketplace for 2026.Q1 later in Q1 (by the end of March, tentative).

Include page fragments interactions for Analytics Cloud performance tracking. Previously, only assets displayed via native widgets (portlets) were instrumented for performance metrics

Enhancements to the consent renewal configuration ensuring consistent field placement, controlled activation flow, and improved usability through date-based selection for renewal and dissent periods.

Key Benefits:

• Consistent and intuitive configuration: Standardized field positioning and enabled-only editing reduce confusion and misconfiguration.

• Improved usability and precision: Date selector support allows more accurate and user-friendly management of renewal and dissent periods.

Previously, comments might have been trapped in the Liferay UI; now, they are first-class citizens in the API, allowing for seamless discussion threads across any connected platform.

Liferay has expanded its Headless API capabilities to include full management of Object Entry comments. When commenting is enabled for an Object definition, developers can now interact with those discussions via dedicated REST endpoints. This update supports full CRUD operations (GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE) using External Reference Codes (ERCs) for easier identification across systems.

Key Benefits:

• Feature Parity for External Applications: Developers building custom front-ends can now provide a fully interactive "social" experience.

• Complete CRUD Capabilities: Users aren't just able to read comments; users can programmatically create, update, and delete them.

Customers can now leverage a Liferay Toolkit to quickly and reliably spin-up Liferay in AWS. By leveraging our toolkit, customers can speed-up their deployments, as well as benefit from a robust and reliable infrastructure that reduces costs and increases predictability in the long run. 

Key Benefits:

• Increased visibility of Liferay Application and every other application in your EKS cluster;

• Reliable deployment process with easier to spot drifts;

• Operational cost reduction for running Liferay in AWS.

The Digital Sales Rooms provide a streamlined experience where sales representatives can quickly launch branded deal portals using pre-configured site templates. Within these rooms, a centralized content hub allows for the seamless sharing and management of documents, proposals, and multimedia assets, ensuring all stakeholders are aligned on the latest versions.

To drive proactive sales strategies, the platform includes an Engagement Tracking Dashboard that monitors buyer activity in real-time, highlighting which assets are being viewed or downloaded. Collaboration is facilitated through a persistent commenting system that keeps deal-related discussions in context, while a library of specialized Page Fragments allows teams to build tailored, visually engaging buyer experiences, such as milestone timelines and video introductions, without requiring technical design skills.

Access is managed through a secure, account-based invitation flow, ensuring that sensitive deal data.

Key Benefits:

• Accelerated Deal Velocity: By centralizing documents and approvals, DSR reduces the friction caused by "lost" emails and versioning confusion, leading to faster decision-making cycles.

• Data-Driven Sales Strategy: Engagement analytics allow Sales Reps to gauge buyer "heat" levels, knowing exactly which stakeholders are active and which documents are most interesting, enabling more targeted follow-ups.

• Professionalized Buyer Experience: Provides B2B buyers with a modern, self-service portal that is consistently branded and easy to navigate, reinforcing the seller’s position as a premium partner.

• Reduced IT Overhead: The no-code site creation flow empowers non-technical staff, such as Sales Engineers or Account Executives, to spin up secure environments without intervention from the IT department.

1. Digital Sales Room - Creation

2. Digital Sales Rooms - Uploading Documents

3. Digital Sales Rooms - Invitations & Contributor's Perspective

4. Digitial Sales Rooms - Analytics

The platform now features a "Reset Consent for All Users" button located within the Instance Settings under the Platform configuration for Terms of Use.

When an administrator activates this button, the system automatically resets the agreedToTermsOfUse flag for every account in the instance, which effectively forces all users to review and accept the current legal version upon their next login.

To ensure complete transparency, this action triggers a specialized AGREED_TO_TERMS_OF_USE audit event rather than a standard user update log. This dedicated event captures critical metadata within its payload, specifically the articleId and groupId, to provide definitive proof of exactly which version of the terms was active at the time of the reset.

Key Benefits:

• Regulatory Compliance: Easily prove exactly which version of your legal terms a user accepted, simplifying audits for GDPR, CCPA, or internal legal reviews.

• Operational Efficiency: Eliminates the need for manual workarounds or technical intervention when legal documents are updated; a single click handles the entire user base.

• Granular Reporting: By using a dedicated audit event instead of a generic update flag, administrators can filter logs more effectively to monitor compliance trends and completion rates.

As part of Liferay strategy to increase product led growth, we are going to offer a free tier version of our CMS with some key limitations to allow users to test and interact with the product enough to understand if the product meets their needs.

To make this possible, we need to implement how the tiers (Free and Enterprise) will affect the product and how these customers can move from the Free to the Enterprise through the product.

Key Benefits:

• Lower Barrier to Entry: Users can start building and testing their ideas immediately without upfront investment, making it easier to validate the CMS for their specific needs.

This feature introduces a centralized administration interface within the Data Set Manager to oversee and moderate User Views. Administrators can now access a global list of all User Views to monitor usage or perform cleanups.

Key Benefits:

• Centralized Oversight: A new "Manage User Views" button in the Data Set Manager provides a complete list of all User Views for easier monitoring.

• Contextual Access: Admins can jump to the management view from specific Data Set settings, where the list is automatically pre-filtered to show only the views belonging to that Data Set.

• Administrative Control: Enables admins to maintain system hygiene by deleting individual or multiple User Views via bulk actions.

• Full Visibility: Provides key details at a glance, such as which user created the view and which Data Set it belongs to, ensuring better governance of user-generated configurations.

Content teams can now find and replace text, URLs, or terms across the entire CMS repository in a single action — covering titles, content fields, and friendly URLs. Every operation includes a mandatory preview, scoped targeting, and automatic versioning, so large-scale updates like rebrandings or URL migrations are fast, reversible, and low-risk.

Key Benefits:

• Cut rebrandings and terminology rollouts from hours of manual edits to a single bulk action.

• Preview every change before it's committed, with automatic versioning if you need to roll back.

• Scope replacements by site, content type, or field so global updates stay surgical instead of sweeping

CMS administrators can now modify content structures and their repeatable fields after publication — adjusting field configurations, nesting order, and repeatable settings without deleting existing content. Teams iterate on their data models as business needs shift, and all previously published entries stay intact.

Key Benefits:

• Refine your content model based on real-world usage instead of locking in every decision up front.

• Skip the "delete everything and rebuild" cycle when requirements change — existing entries come along for the ride.

• CMS admins adjust structures directly, without pulling in developers or database work for every tweak.

Data modelers can now define Link Content fields that let content creators select existing entries from other objects—single or multiple—instead of retyping the same values across entries. The CMS moves from isolated documents to a connected data model, so information like vendor names, categories, or authors stays consistent across every publication.

Key Benefits:

• Eliminate typos and inconsistencies by picking existing entries instead of re-entering text.

• Reuse the same author, category, or vendor across hundreds of entries—update it once and it propagates everywhere.

• Support both single and multi-select relationships, from "one author per article" to "many products per campaign.”

Managing large-scale site deployments just got easier. We have introduced new headless API endpoints that allow developers to toggle site states (Active or Inactive) programmatically, bypassing the need for manual configuration within the Control Panel.

Key Benefits:

• Automated Site Governance: Enables high-speed bulk management of site states, allowing your team to sync site availability with external business systems or custom orchestration tools.

• Enhanced System Stability: Built-in safeguards protect the platform by preventing the accidental deactivation of essential system sites (like Global), while strict permission validation ensures only authorized users can trigger state changes.

Reviewing complex page updates is now faster and more intuitive. We’ve introduced a Review Side Panel within the Publications Review Change screen that automatically surfaces content changes made on a Content Page. Instead of manually digging through the full change list or a Pages’ Children tab, reviewers can now see exactly which text and images have been modified in a page’s Fragment Entry Links via a consolidated, easy-to-read list.

Key Benefits:

• Focused Decision-Making: Instantly identify high-impact changes (like text and image updates) without getting lost in technical changes.

• Streamlined Workflow: Eliminates the need to cross-reference multiple tabs or Fragment Entry Links, allowing content reviewers to complete reviews with total confidence.