How to install a custom SSL on Agency plans

Updated 2 weeks ago

At Hostinger, all our hosting plans include free SSL certificates for all of your websites. Lifetime SSL is automatically installed as soon as you add a website, create a subdomain, or park a domain.

If you have purchased an SSL certificate from another provider, you can easily use it by following the steps below.

The below-given instructions don’t apply to sites created with Hostinger Website Builder because it doesn’t support custom SSL 💡 

  1. Go to your website dashboard 
  2. Locate Security section on the left side menu 
  3. Select SSL
  4. Click Manage and then select “Install custom SSL
    SSL page with Install custom SSL menu option highlighted
  5. Import your custom SSL 

A custom certificate is usually a compressed folder (e.g., a .zip) of the following files:

  • Certificate — the certificate’s public key, usually a file named domain.crt
    where the domain is your actual domain
  • Private Key — the certificate’s private key, usually the only file with the ending .key
  • Certificate authority bundle (CABUNDLE) — the file that contains root and intermediate certificates

Open each one in a text editor such as Notepad, copy the content, and paste it into its corresponding section. Next, click on Install, and your certificate will be installed.

Custom SSL install dialog with certificate and private key fields and Install button