SSL Renewal Check

Certificate reseller · checked November 15, 2026

Is GoDaddy SSL ready for 100-day and 47-day certificates?

Automatic only in some setups

Partly. Some GoDaddy SSL setups renew and install certificates automatically; others need you to act every cycle. See which one you have below.

What renews automatically

What doesn’t

When it renews

The reissued certificate is produced 30 days before the current one expires, giving you time to install it.[GoDaddy]

What to do, and by when

  1. March 15, 2027 · In 120 days
    Maximum certificate lifetime drops to 100 days[CA/Browser Forum 1, 2]
    If you install your GoDaddy certificate yourself, set up Deluxe Automated SSL or a free automatic certificate from your host before your first renewal after this date. Otherwise you'll be reinstalling about every three months.
  2. March 15, 2028 · In 486 days
    Email domain validation (admin@, webmaster@ …) ends[CA/Browser Forum]
    If you approve reissues by clicking a link in an email to admin@ or webmaster@, switch to DNS or file validation before this date.

Steps

  1. Sign in to GoDaddy and open your SSL certificates list. Note each certificate's product name and where it's installed.
  2. If the site is on GoDaddy hosting and the certificate was auto-installed, nothing more is needed. Check the next reissue installs itself.
  3. If you install it yourself on another host, first check whether that host offers a free automatic certificate (most do). Using it removes the manual step entirely.
  4. If you need to keep a GoDaddy certificate, check whether your plan includes Deluxe Automated SSL (ACME re-installation) and complete its one-time setup.
  5. Until it's automated, put a reminder in your calendar 30 days before each expiry date. That's when GoDaddy produces the reissued certificate.

Your options, free first

  1. Free: use the free, automatically renewed certificate your host, CDN or website platform provides (most do). Putting the site behind Cloudflare’s free Universal SSL is another option.
  2. An automated paid certificate, if you need a paid one (for example OV/EV): choose a seller whose certificates install themselves (ACME or an install agent).
    • Namecheap SSL (with SSL Manager / SSL Proxy automation)[Namecheap]
  3. A host with built-in automatic SSL, if your current host can’t automate:
    • Hostinger (free Lifetime SSL on web, cloud and agency plans)[Hostinger]

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Not published by GoDaddy SSL

  • How often GoDaddy's managed SSL service reissues: not stated on the GoDaddy pages we checked.
  • Whether GoDaddy certificates other than Deluxe Automated SSL can be renewed through ACME: not stated.

We re-check these every month.

Dated note

Out of date as of 2026-11-15: GoDaddy's "validity vs. subscription" page still says the maximum validity is 13 months, renewed "each year". The industry maximum has been 200 days since March 15, 2026.[GoDaddy]

Dated note

Out of date as of 2026-11-15: GoDaddy's 2020 notice still describes a 397-day (13-month) maximum.[GoDaddy]

Questions

I paid for several years. Why does my GoDaddy certificate expire in a few months?

Industry rules cap each certificate's lifetime (200 days now, 100 days from March 15, 2027). Your subscription covers a series of shorter certificates, and each one is reissued for free. You still have to install each one unless it's automated.

How often will I have to reinstall my GoDaddy certificate?

GoDaddy's own figures: twice a year from March 2026, five times a year from March 2027 and 12 times a year from 2029, unless the certificate re-installs itself.

Does GoDaddy renew certificates automatically?

Only in some setups: certificates auto-installed on GoDaddy hosting, and Deluxe Automated SSL (which uses ACME). A certificate you installed yourself elsewhere has to be reinstalled after each reissue.

Sources

Facts on this page last checked November 15, 2026.