{"id":18420,"date":"2026-09-29T23:51:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T20:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/knowledgebase\/enable-autossl-whm\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T23:51:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T20:51:13","password":"","slug":"enable-autossl-whm","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/knowledgebase\/enable-autossl-whm\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Enable AutoSSL in WHM for Free Automatic SSL"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"hy-tldr\" style=\"background:#f6f7fb;border-left:4px solid #d83954;border-radius:10px;padding:14px 18px;margin:0 0 20px;line-height:1.8\"><strong>In short:<\/strong> AutoSSL issues and renews free SSL certificates automatically for every domain on a cPanel server. Turn it on from WHM, then SSL\/TLS, then Manage AutoSSL, choose the provider (Sectigo or Let&#8217;s Encrypt), then click Run AutoSSL For All Users. Under Options you can allow it to replace expiring certificates, and under Manage Users you can turn it on or off for each account.<\/div>\n<p>SSL certificates create an encrypted connection between your site and the browser, shown by the lock icon next to the address. They are essential for trust, security and search rankings. See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/knowledgebase\/the-difference-between-free-and-paid-ssl-certificates\/\">the difference between free and paid SSL certificates<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong> Log in to WHM at <strong>https:\/\/your-server-ip:2087<\/strong> with your username and password.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/zasogooh\/2018\/04\/whm.png\" alt=\"WHM login\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong> Search for <strong>Manage AutoSSL<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/zasogooh\/2019\/02\/autossl1.png\" alt=\"Manage AutoSSL\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>3.<\/strong> Choose the provider. The default is <strong>cPanel (powered by Sectigo)<\/strong>, formerly Comodo; you can also choose Let&#8217;s Encrypt.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/zasogooh\/2019\/02\/autossl2.png\" alt=\"AutoSSL providers\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To install certificates on all domains and subdomains now, click <strong>Run AutoSSL For All Users<\/strong>. It can take up to an hour.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/zasogooh\/2019\/02\/autossl03.png\" alt=\"Run AutoSSL For All Users\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>4.<\/strong> If some accounts have old or invalid certificates that you want replaced automatically, open <strong>Options<\/strong>, tick <strong>Allow AutoSSL to replace invalid or expiring non-AutoSSL certificates<\/strong>, and save.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/zasogooh\/2019\/02\/autossl04.png\" alt=\"AutoSSL options\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>5.<\/strong> You can also enable or disable AutoSSL for each cPanel account from <strong>Manage Users<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/zasogooh\/2019\/02\/autossl05.png\" alt=\"Manage Users\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"hy-svc-link\" style=\"background:#fff5f7;border-left:4px solid #d83954;border-radius:10px;padding:14px 18px;margin:20px 0;line-height:1.8\"><strong>Related service:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/server-management\/\">Hyyat Host server management<\/a> keeps SSL certificates and server security in order, with 24\/7 support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In short: AutoSSL issues and renews free SSL certificates automatically for every domain on a cPanel server. Turn it on from WHM, then SSL\/TLS, then Manage AutoSSL, choose the provider (Sectigo or Let&#8217;s Encrypt), then click Run AutoSSL For All Users. Under Options you can allow it to replace expiring certificates, and under Manage Users [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_templately_pack_id":"","_templately_imported_at":"","_templately_source":"","_templately_import_session_id":"","footnotes":""},"doc_category":[2734],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-18420","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-whm-cpanel-control-panels"],"year_month":"2026-10","word_count":218,"total_views":"3","reactions":{"happy":"0","normal":"0","sad":"0"},"author_info":{"name":"ahmed fathy","author_nicename":"ahmed-fathy","author_url":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/author\/ahmed-fathy\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"whm\/cpanel control panels","term_url":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/kb\/whm-cpanel-control-panels\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"knowledge_base_info":[],"knowledge_base_slug":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/18420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/18420\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=18420"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=18420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}