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Understand, renew and troubleshoot your SSL certificates, step by step.
4 guides match “200 days”.
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SSL certificates: validity is dropping to 47 days
200 days in 2026, 100 days in 2027, 47 days in 2029. The timeline, what changes for Let's Encrypt and paid certificates, and how to prepare.
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Checking an SSL certificate's expiration date
Four ways to find a certificate's expiration date: browser, online tool, OpenSSL and the file on the server.
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Understanding SSL/TLS certificates
What an SSL certificate really is, what it contains, who issues it, and why it always ends up expiring.
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How to renew your SSL certificate
How to renew a certificate without downtime, whether you use Let's Encrypt, a paid certificate or a host that handles it for you.
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