Security & HTTPS
The HTTPS certificate expires soon
One of the 136 checks Lala SEO runs on every page of a site in a free audit.
- How serious
- Worth fixing. Weakens how Google reads or shows the page. Fix after the serious ones.
- Based on
- Industry standard: Google does not document this one, so the check follows established practice.
What is wrong
Your website uses HTTPS, which encrypts data between visitors' browsers and your server. That encryption relies on a digital certificate that proves your site is legitimate. This certificate has an expiry date, and yours is set to expire within 90 days.
Why it costs you
When an HTTPS certificate expires, visitors' browsers will show a security warning instead of your site. Most people will leave immediately rather than click through a warning. Search engines may also deprioritise or stop indexing expired-certificate sites. You lose both visitors and search visibility.
How to fix it
Contact your hosting provider or certificate authority now and request a renewal or reissue of your SSL certificate. Many providers can automate this: ask them to enable automatic renewal so the certificate refreshes before expiry. Check your certificate details in your hosting control panel (often under Security or SSL/TLS settings) to confirm the renewal process has started. If you manage the certificate yourself, visit your certificate authority's website and follow their renewal steps immediately.
What the audit tests
- The HTTPS certificate has more than 14 days left before it expires
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Other security & https checks
- Any website can display this site inside a frame
- Browsers are not told to always use HTTPS
- Forms on secure pages send their contents over plain HTTP
- Pages served over HTTP
- Secure pages loading scripts or styles over plain HTTP
- The HTTPS certificate has expired or does not validate
- The nosniff security header is not sent