Salesforce Spring ’25 Experience Cloud Release: 5 Key Experience Cloud Changes
Several new Experience Cloud improvements arrive with Salesforce Spring ’25, focusing on LWR sites with easier styling and publishing, better performance options, and new components for data display and mobile access.
Below are 5 changes worth knowing with a quick explanation of what’s new in Salesforce Spring ’25 Experience Cloud release, why it matters, and where to find it in Experience Builder.
At a glance:
- Enhanced LWR upgrade path
- Experience Delivery for faster sites
- Experience Builder usability updates
- Record List (beta) for LWR pages
- And one-tap biometric login for the Experience Cloud app.
* Availability may vary by org setup, template, and feature enablement
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1. Upgrade to Enhanced LWR Sites
Maximize the latest features by upgrading your existing LWR sites to enhanced LWR sites. Try out such features as partial deployment, enhanced CMS workspaces and channels, and expression-based visibility.
The enhanced sites and content platform is a versatile system that integrates Salesforce CMS with LWR sites. As part of the ongoing transition to the enhanced platform, you can upgrade your existing LWR sites to benefit from features exclusive to enhanced LWR sites, such as:
- Expression-based visibility and variations: create multiple versions of a component and set visibility rules to control who sees each version.
- Component-specific Style tab: use the Style tab for custom CSS for more precise control over each component’s appearance.
- Site content search: implement the Search Bar and Results Layout components to add search functionality that includes results from enhanced CMS workspaces.
- Data Cloud integration: link enhanced LWR sites to Data Cloud for a comprehensive view of your site visitors and strategies for better engagement.
- Enhanced CMS workspaces: benefit from role-based workflows and approvals, content variations, collections, and the ability to share workspaces.
How to upgrade (quick steps):
Go to Experience Builder → Settings → Updates, and click Upgrade. Once you upgrade to an enhanced LWR site, the site’s metadata will be updated.
2. Use Experience Delivery for Better LWR Site Performance
Leverage Experience Delivery – a robust new infrastructure for hosting LWR sites, to enhance the scalability and performance of sites built with the Build Your Own (LWR) template. This infrastructure offers subsecond page load times and enhances security and search engine optimization.
In this Spring’25 release, you will see the following features of Experience Delivery:
- Enhanced load-time performance for authenticated pages.
- The ability to test in a sandbox before transitioning to production. You can now set up a custom domain in production that directs to your sandbox.
- Access to customizable availability pages, including Too Many Requests and Down for Maintenance pages.
- Server-Side Rendering (SSR) support for more components and various bug fixes.
Experience Delivery is available for both new and existing LWR and enhanced LWR sites that are designed with a Build Your Own (LWR) template. This functionality will be beneficial for those developers who are experienced in:
- Creating LWR or enhanced LWR sites using Experience Builder
- Developing custom Lightning web components that are ready for server-side use
- Using Salesforce DX
How to upgrade:
To activate Experience Delivery, go to the Administration Workspace on your Experience Cloud site → Go to the Settings tab → Activate the appropriate checkbox.
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3. Usability Upgrades for Experience Builder
This Salesforce Spring’25 release update allows you to use the Base Font Family field to simultaneously set the font family for all text on your LWR site. Track the changes made to your Aura and LWR site with each publication, and view these details in the Change History panel.
Dock the component property panel while working on your Aura or LWR site to get a complete view of the site on the canvas. You can find all LWR components related to site headers in the new Site Headers section of the component palette.
For LWR sites, you can select a font family from the Base Font Family dropdown in the Text section of the Theme panel.
- In LWR sites created in Spring ’25 and later, the Base Font Family property is set to Visitor’s Native System Font by default. Each text element in the Text panel defaults to Use Base Font Family in the Font Family picklist.
- For all LWR sites, the Font Family dropdown for each text element now offers options for Use Base Font Family and Visitor’s Native System Font. With the introduction of the Base Font Family property for LWR sites, the Salesforce Sans font is no longer available for sites created in Winter ’25 and later.
- In Aura and LWR sites, the confirmation window for publishing now features a Publication Description field, allowing you to outline the changes you’re making with that publication. These details will be displayed in the Change History panel within Experience Builder Settings, ensuring that your site updates are tracked over time.
- On Aura and LWR sites, you can click the pushpin icon in any component property panel to dock it, allowing the entire site page to be visible on the canvas.
Recent updates to the property panels for the Section component on Aura and LWR sites, as well as the Columns component for LWR sites, enhance the visibility of the Column Layout and Column Distribution properties. The thumbnail layout images for Column Layout now feature a darker gray, and in the Column Distribution property, deselected columns appear in gray.
- This Experience Cloud Spring’25 updates for LWR sites also feature the components related to site headers, such as the Navigation Menu and Site Logo, which are now gathered in the Site Headers section of the component palette.
Learn more about the power of Experience Builder in our expert blog post.
4. Beta: New Record List Component for LWR Sites
This Spring’25 Salesforce release allows you to elevate your site’s data presentation with the Record List component LWR (beta). This powerful tool simplifies the integration of dynamic, list-view data for various objects.
Seamlessly select your target object and corresponding list view directly within the property panel and generate live previews of records like Accounts and Cases on your page layout instantly.
Plus, there is a robust, integrated search functionality that empowers site visitors to effortlessly explore and locate information. Enhanced styling options provide granular control over header settings, record display, and pagination. All this only adds up to a polished and professional aesthetic.
Furthermore, in the Salesforce Spring’25 release, there is an expanded layout customization and component visibility controls that deliver unparalleled flexibility. They let you fine-tune your website’s user experience and visual appeal.
How to upgrade (quick steps):
- Go to Experience Builder → Drag the Record List (beta) component onto the canvas.
- Choose your object and list view → Adjust your settings.
- Set up record detail pages to facilitate navigation within the objects.
5. One-Tap Login to the Experience Cloud App
The new Spring’25 Salesforce release makes it possible to leverage a Biometric Login Button component for secure login to Mobile Publisher for Experience Cloud app with face or fingerprint recognition.
How does it work? The component generates a button that opens the face or fingerprint login prompt. App users can tap the button to try biometric login again if they initially close the prompt or if their earlier attempt to log in using face or fingerprint recognition was unsuccessful.
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FAQ
1. What are Enhanced LWR sites in Experience Cloud?
Enhanced LWR (Lightning Web Runtime) sites are optimized Salesforce Experience Cloud sites built using the LWR architecture. They provide faster page loads, improved scalability, and a more modern, flexible framework for building digital experiences compared to standard templates.
2. How does Experience Delivery improve LWR performance?
Experience Delivery streamlines content and resource loading across LWR sites, ensuring pages render faster and components load efficiently. By optimizing caching, network requests, and rendering processes, it delivers a smoother and more responsive user experience.
3. Is the Record List component available for all LWR sites?
The Record List component is available for LWR sites that support standard object and record management features. However, its availability may vary depending on the specific site template and Salesforce release version, so it’s recommended to confirm in your site builder environment.
4. How does one-tap biometric login work in the Experience Cloud app?
One-tap biometric login allows users to securely access the Experience Cloud app using a fingerprint or facial recognition. Once enabled, the app authenticates users without requiring a password each time, providing both convenience and enhanced security.
