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Good luck trying to get removed features back. I can file a feature request but it's becoming clear that Liferay aren't interested in what we need as users. It's sad. Not that they want to hear it of course, it's almost like they are doubling down on ripping stuff out and not putting it back correctly when asked. (This is an intervention, we obviosuly want Liferay to survive this period).

What you might be able to do is use an embedded web content display widget in the portal_normal.ftl of your theme which is how I'm approaching some global content needs. Stuff that has to be on every page. Where footer_weblinks is the article ID of the web content and global_gid is the site ID where that content lives (on the global site obviously).

<#attempt>
                    <#assign myWebLinks = freeMarkerPortletPreferences.getPreferences({"groupId": "${global_gid}", "articleId": "${footer_weblinks}", "portletSetupPortletDecoratorId", "barebone"}) />
                
                    <@liferay_portlet["runtime"]
                        defaultPreferences="${myWebLinks}"
                        instanceId="Footer_WebLinks_1634996248"
                        persistSettings=true
                        settingsScope="company"
                        portletProviderAction=portletProviderAction.VIEW
                        portletName="com_liferay_journal_content_web_portlet_JournalContentPortlet"
                    />
                    <#recover>
</#attempt>

The original post said "widget dropzone"

Fragments are not the way to fix this, we are having features removed constantly which creates push factors for dropping Liferay and moving to a different platform.