What is the problem you are trying to solve?
When using Asset Categories with Display Page Templates in Liferay, the generated URLs are based on the technical category ID (for example, /v/131834) instead of the category’s configured Friendly URL.
Although categories support the definition of a Friendly URL through Categorization → Categories → Edit Category → Friendly URL, this Friendly URL is currently only used by a specific Liferay Commerce functionality and is not integrated with the general Category Display Page Template mechanism.
As a result, when accessing a category display page, the URL always contains the category ID rather than the configured Friendly URL. This limitation prevents the creation of meaningful, user-friendly, and SEO-friendly URLs for category pages.
Our use case requires category pages to be accessible through their configured Friendly URLs instead of technical identifiers.
What is your project about? (e. g. Intranet, Partner Portal, Enterprise Website, etc)
Enterprise Website / Public Web Portal using Liferay Display Page Templates to expose categorized content through dedicated category landing pages.
What is your proposed solution? (optional)
Allow Category Display Page Templates to resolve and generate URLs using the category’s configured Friendly URL instead of the category ID.
For example:
Current behavior:
https://mywebsite.com/v/131834
Expected behavior:
https://mywebsite.com/v/category-name
Additionally, Liferay Support confirmed that this limitation is already tracked through LPD-927 and that a feature request is open.
