LWR Sites for Experience Cloud
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Pages and Components in the LWR Template
New Publishing Model
Custom URL Paths for Unauthenticated Sites
Lightning Locker
Caching Policy
Head Markup
Accessibility
Template Limitations
Newer Version Available
Differences in Behavior
With the new Build Your Own (LWR) template, some things work a little differently than
with our Aura templates.
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New Publishing Model
LWR sites take advantage of a new publishing paradigm, where components are frozen when the site is published and served statically at runtime. -
Custom URL Paths for Unauthenticated Sites
Unlike Aura templates, when you select the Build Your Own (LWR) template in the site creation wizard, you have the option to create an unauthenticated or an authenticated site. -
Lightning Locker
LWR sites use an upgraded version of the Lightning Locker library that supports cross-namespace communication for Lightning web components, in addition to the usual security features Locker provides. Cross-namespace communication lets you import components from other namespaces and use them via composition or extension. -
Caching Policy
LWR sites make heavy use of caching to improve performance and scalability on the live site. Except for the initial document request and data API calls, all requests required to load a page are HTTP cacheable. -
Head Markup
With the Build Your Own (LWR) template, you have complete control over the head markup included on the page. Now, when you open the Head Markup window, you can access this default markup. -
Accessibility
LWR sites include several important accessibility features and best practices, such as screen reader support and F6 navigation.