Managing SSL certificates across multiple shared hosting accounts can quickly become a time-consuming headache. If you’re like me and have several domains spread across platforms like NameCheap’s shared hosting, you’ve probably noticed their SSL policy: a 1-year free PositiveSSL certificate for new domains, followed by paid renewals. While switching to free Let’s Encrypt certificates sounds like a great alternative, the manual renewal process every 90 days becomes tedious\u2014especially when you’re juggling multiple accounts and domains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The good news? There’s a way to automate Let’s Encrypt SSL renewals on shared hosting without upgrading to premium plugins or switching providers. Once you set it up, your certificates will auto-renew in the background, saving you hours of repetitive work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This guide works with any shared hosting platform using cPanel, and the setup process is straightforward\u2014taking just a few minutes per domain. Here’s how to do it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Step 1: Enable Manage Shell<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1.1 – Log in to your Namecheap cPanel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1.2 – Navigate to the \u2018Manage Shell\u2019 and then “Enable SSH access”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Step 2: Open the cPanel Terminal<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n cPanel > \u2018Advanced\u2019 section > Open \u2018Terminal\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n Step 3: Install<\/strong> acme.sh<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n In the Terminal run these commands to install acme, make it auto-upgrade and then set the default SSL provider to Let’s Encrypt:<\/p>\n\n\n\n