{"id":198,"date":"2025-11-07T12:04:03","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T12:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jolt.co.uk\/kb\/issuing-a-free-ssl-certificate-in-cpanel\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T12:04:03","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T12:04:03","slug":"issuing-a-free-ssl-certificate-in-cpanel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jolt.co.uk\/help\/issuing-a-free-ssl-certificate-in-cpanel\/","title":{"rendered":"Issuing a free SSL certificate in cPanel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What is an SSL Certificate?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

An SSL certificate encrypts data between your website and visitors, enabling HTTPS (a security icon in browsers). It’s essential for security, SEO, and building trust with visitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to Install a Free SSL Certificate<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Step 1: Access SSL\/TLS Status<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Log in to cPanel<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Scroll to the “Security”<\/strong> section<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Click “SSL\/TLS Status”<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
    \"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
    \n\n\n\n

    Step 2: Select Your Domain<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    You’ll see a list of domains with their SSL status:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \n
    • \u2713 SSL Active<\/strong> (green padlock) = Certificate installed and working.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • \u2717 Error<\/strong> (red) = Problem detected, No certificate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Step 3: Install SSL Certificate<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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      1. Check the box next to the domain(s) you want to secure<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      2. Click “Run AutoSSL”<\/strong> at the top of the page<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      3. Wait 1-2 minutes while cPanel generates and installs the certificate

        \u2705 Done!<\/strong> Your site now has HTTPS enabled<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
        \"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

        Verifying Your SSL Certificate<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

        Quick Check:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

          \n
        • Visit your website using https:\/\/yourdomain.com<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Verify the URL shows https:\/\/<\/code><\/strong> with a security icon in the address bar<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Click the icon to view certificate details<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
          \"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

          Now that the SSL certificate has been installed, it will renew automatically every 90 days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          What is an SSL Certificate? An SSL certificate encrypts data between your website and visitors, enabling HTTPS (a security icon in browsers). It’s essential for security, SEO, and building trust with visitors. How to Install a Free SSL Certificate Step 1: Access SSL\/TLS Status Log in to cPanel Scroll to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cpanel","category-domains"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jolt.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198","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\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jolt.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jolt.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":206,"href":"https:\/\/www.jolt.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198\/revisions\/206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jolt.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jolt.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jolt.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}