Hooks

Liferay Hooks are the newest type of plugin which Liferay Portal supports. They were introduced late in the development cycle for Liferay Portal 5.1.x, and are now the preferred way to customize Liferay's core features. As with portlets, layout templates, and themes, they are created using the Plugins SDK.

Hooks can fill a wide variety of the common needs for overriding Liferay core functionality. Whenever possible, hooks should be used in place of Ext plugins, as they are hot-deployable and more forward compatible. Some common scenarios which require the use of a hook are the need to perform custom actions on portal startup or user login, overwrite or extend portal JSPs, modify portal properties, or replace a portal service with your own implementation.