Resolve 3 key limitations of Webflow Shared Libraries

Currently, Webflow’s Shared Libraries are limited in three crucial ways, causing significant manual overhead in multi-brand template management:

  1. Design Tokens:
    No ability to override color and font variables per site without breaking the shared library link.

  2. CMS Components:
    Components containing CMS collection wrappers cannot be shared, restricting reusability and centralized updates.

  3. Custom Code & Class Prefixes:
    Automatic class prefixes disrupt custom CSS and JS selectors, requiring complex workarounds (attribute selectors or duplicate rules).

Resolving these three limitations would greatly enhance the practicality and scalability of Shared Libraries for agencies and template-based projects.

  • Julian Ortler
  • Apr 3 2025
  • Reviewed