{"id":1379,"date":"2026-07-15T10:39:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T10:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jolt.co.uk\/help\/how-to-issue-renew-lets-encrypt-ssl-on-plesk\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T10:39:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T10:39:56","slug":"how-to-issue-renew-lets-encrypt-ssl-on-plesk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jolt.co.uk\/help\/how-to-issue-renew-lets-encrypt-ssl-on-plesk\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Issue\/renew Let’s Encrypt SSL on Plesk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

1. Log in to Plesk<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Access your Plesk control panel using the login details provided by your hosting provider.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. From the left\u2011hand menu, select Websites & Domains<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    2. Open the Let\u2019s Encrypt Extension<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    1. Locate the domain you want to secure.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Click SSL\/TLS Certificates<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. If you see an existing Let\u2019s Encrypt certificate, you can renew or reissue it from this screen.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
      \"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

      3. Issue New Certificate<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

      If no certificate is installed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      1. Click Install<\/strong> under the Let\u2019s Encrypt<\/em> section.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      2. Select the options you want to secure:\n
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        • Include \u201cwww\u201d subdomain<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Secure webmail<\/strong> (e.g., webmail.example.com<\/em>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Wildcard certificate<\/strong> (requires DNS\u201101 validation)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Click Get it free<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
          \"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

          Plesk will automatically request and install the certificate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          4. Renew an Existing Let\u2019s Encrypt Certificate<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

          Let\u2019s Encrypt certificates renew automatically, but if renewal fails or you want to force a renewal:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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          1. Go to Websites & Domains \u2192 SSL\/TLS Certificates<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          2. Select your existing Let\u2019s Encrypt<\/strong> certificate.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          3. Click Reissue Certificate<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
            \"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

            Plesk will attempt to validate your domain and renew the certificate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            1. Log in to Plesk Access your Plesk control panel using the login details provided by your hosting provider. From the left\u2011hand menu, select Websites & Domains. 2. Open the Let\u2019s Encrypt Extension Locate the domain you want to secure. Click SSL\/TLS Certificates. If you see an existing Let\u2019s Encrypt…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plesk","category-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jolt.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jolt.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jolt.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jolt.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jolt.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1379"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jolt.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1386,"href":"https:\/\/www.jolt.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1379\/revisions\/1386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jolt.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jolt.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jolt.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}