{"id":9807,"date":"2026-06-30T10:26:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T10:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/knowledgebase\/?p=9807"},"modified":"2026-06-30T10:26:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T10:26:37","slug":"ssl-provider-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/knowledgebase\/ssl-provider-change\/","title":{"rendered":"SSL provider change"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Starting July 11, 2026, SSL certificates activated through your account will be issued by a new Certificate Authority \u2014 SSL.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What changes on July 11:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Nothing changes in practice except some product names, and the issuer information shown inside the SSL certificate details. For OV and EV certificates, validation-related emails may come from different email addresses.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Existing SSL certificates will continue functioning normally. Newly activated SSL certificates will be issued by a new Certificate Authority automatically.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you specifically want certificates issued by the current Certificate Authority\u2014Sectigo, please activate any unused certificates before July 11, 2026. Any unused SSL certificates activated since this date will be automatically replaced with the equivalent product shown below. If the replacement product is priced lower, the difference will be automatically credited to your account funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>New product names<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some certificate product names will also be updated to align with the new Certificate Authority, while certificate functionality and validation levels remain the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Certificate type<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Old Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>New Name<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Domain validation SSL (DV)<\/td><td>PositiveSSL, EssentialSSL<\/td><td>Standard SSL<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Domain validation SSL (DV)<\/td><td>PositiveSSL Wildcard, EssentialSSL Wildcard<\/td><td>Standard Wildcard SSL<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Domain validation SSL (DV)<\/td><td>PositiveSSL Multi-Domain<\/td><td>SAN Certificate<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Organization validation SSL (OV)<\/td><td>InstantSSL, InstantSSL Pro, PremiumSSL<\/td><td>High Assurance SSL<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Organization validation SSL (OV)<\/td><td>PremiumSSL Wildcard<\/td><td>OV Wildcard SSL<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Organization validation SSL (OV)<\/td><td>Unified Communications, Multi-domain SSL<\/td><td>OV Multi-domain SSL<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This update is part of ongoing improvements to our SSL platform and certificate management infrastructure<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting July 11, 2026, SSL certificates activated through your account will be issued by a new Certificate Authority \u2014 SSL.com. What changes on July 11: If you specifically want certificates issued by the current Certificate Authority\u2014Sectigo, please activate any unused certificates before July 11, 2026. 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