How to fix ssl cert expiring soon on Squarespace
Renew your SSL/TLS certificate before it expires to keep your store secure, trusted, and visible in search results.
Steps for Squarespace
- Squarespace automatically provisions and renews SSL certificates for all sites — you cannot manually upload a certificate.
- To verify: go to Squarespace Admin → Settings → Domains → click your domain → the SSL badge should show 'Active'.
- If SSL is inactive or showing an error, go to Settings → Advanced → SSL and ensure 'Secure (HTTPS)' is selected and 'HSTS' is enabled.
- If your custom domain's SSL is stuck, the fix is almost always updating your domain registrar's DNS records to match Squarespace's required A/CNAME values, then waiting up to 72 hours for propagation. Squarespace Support can expedite this.
What is ssl cert expiring soon?
An SSL/TLS certificate is the digital credential that proves your website is who it says it is and encrypts the connection between your store and your customers' browsers — it's what puts the padlock icon and "https://" in the address bar. Every certificate has an expiry date, after which browsers will show a full-screen red warning ("Your connection is not private") to anyone who tries to visit your site. Renewing means getting a fresh certificate installed before the old one runs out. Most certificates last 90 days to 1 year, and renewal should be started at least 30 days before expiry to allow time for any issues.
When your certificate expires, every major browser — Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Edge — will block visitors with a hard security warning before they even see your store. This instantly destroys trust and conversions: most shoppers will leave and never return. Google also uses HTTPS as a ranking signal, so an expired certificate can hurt your organic search visibility. If you collect any customer data (names, emails, payment info), operating without a valid certificate exposes that data to interception and puts you at legal risk under privacy regulations such as GDPR and PCI-DSS. Even a single day of expiry can cause lasting damage to your brand reputation.
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