SSL Renewal Check

Certificate reseller · checked November 15, 2026

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

Automatic only in some setups

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

What renews automatically

  • Web-based automation (SSL Proxy): Namecheap hosts a proxy that issues and reissues the certificate every 200 days. Your domain must use Namecheap DNS.[Namecheap]
  • Server-side automation (SSL Manager): a one-time setup on cPanel or an Apache/NGINX server with root access adds a cron job that installs each new certificate. Namecheap notes it's not ACME.[Namecheap]
  • The Namecheap SSL tool in Namecheap Shared Hosting also reissues automatically.[Namecheap]

What doesn’t

  • Certificates in manual mode must be reissued and reinstalled every 200 days. Namecheap emails a reminder 30 days before each required reissue.[Namecheap]
  • If you skip a reissue, the plan's timer keeps running and the unused days aren't added back.[Namecheap]
  • Automation covers single-domain SSLs activated through Namecheap.com. Server-side automation covers single-domain certificates only.[Namecheap]

When it renews

Manual certificates: reminder email 30 days before each required reissue.[Namecheap]

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]
    Move manual Namecheap certificates to an automation option, or a free automatic certificate from your host, before your first reissue after this date. From then on, each certificate lasts at most 100 days.
  2. March 15, 2028 · In 486 days
    Email domain validation (admin@, webmaster@ …) ends[CA/Browser Forum]
    If you validate by email to admin@ your domain, switch to DNS or file validation before this date.

Steps

  1. In Namecheap, open Account > SSL Certificates and check which mode each certificate uses.
  2. If it shows web-based automation, server-side automation or the Shared Hosting tool, keep that setup healthy (for the proxy: keep the domain on Namecheap DNS).
  3. If it's manual, first check whether your host offers a free automatic certificate. If you need the Namecheap certificate, set up SSL Manager (cPanel/Apache/NGINX, single-domain) or SSL Proxy (Namecheap DNS).
  4. Until it's automated, reissue before each 200-day certificate expires. Unused days are lost if you skip one.

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 Namecheap SSL

  • Namecheap lists ACME and "automated issuance with manual installation" as "scheduled for November – December 2026". We couldn't confirm whether they're live yet.
  • The same Namecheap page gives two rollout windows for wildcard/multi-domain automation ("March through June 2026" and "by November – December 2026"). Current status unknown.

We re-check these every month.

Dated note

Namecheap's page dates the 200-day limit to "March 12, 2026". The industry rule took effect March 15, 2026; some CAs switched a few days early.[Namecheap; CA/Browser Forum; Sectigo; SSL.com]

Questions

I bought a 5-year Namecheap SSL. Why did I get a certificate for only about 200 days?

Namecheap says a multi-year plan is a prepaid series of 200-day certificates under the industry limit. Each one is issued at no extra charge until your term is covered.

What happens if I don't reissue my Namecheap certificate in time?

HTTPS stops working when the current certificate expires. Namecheap says the subscription timer keeps running and the unused days aren't added to the end of the plan.

Does Namecheap support ACME?

Namecheap lists ACME as "scheduled for November – December 2026". Its SSL Manager option automates installation but isn't ACME.

Sources

Facts on this page last checked November 15, 2026.