Install Free SSL Certificate in NameCheap

NameCheap gives you a free SSL certificate only for the first year of hosting then you have to buy one for around $10 and install it.

But I will show you how to get Totally Free SSL certificate and install it on Namecheap hosting.

Run the following command

curl https://get.acme.sh  | sh

.acme.sh/acme.sh --issue  -d wpruns.com -w  /home/respxpxr/wpruns.com/

You can see the generated certificate and the key

Your cert is in  /home/respxpxr/.acme.sh/wpruns.com/wpruns.com.cer
Your cert key is in  /home/respxpxr/.acme.sh/wpruns.com/wpruns.com.key
The intermediate CA cert is in  /home/respxpxr/.acme.sh/wpruns.com/ca.cer
And the full chain certs is there:  /home/respxpxr/.acme.sh/wpruns.com/fullchain.cer

Now go to cPanel and open the SSL/TLS page

Select the domain name you want to install the SSL

Copy the content of /home/respxpxr/.acme.sh/wpruns.com/wpruns.com.cer certificate to Certificate: (CRT) text box

Copy the content of /home/respxpxr/.acme.sh/wpruns.com/wpruns.com.key key to Private Key (KEY) text box

Now click the Install Certificate button