diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cd3eaaf..b640fb6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@ Format follows [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/); version
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Changed
+
+- panel: **Status** places Mail queue and TLS certificate side by side (the
+  same `.split` / wide layout as Settings and a delivery), so the shorter
+  checks take less vertical space; Processes, Machine, sockets, hostname, and
+  Configuration stay full width.
+
 ### Fixed
 
 - panel: on the user create/edit form, **Assigned domains** checkboxes stacked
diff --git a/internal/web/view/templates/status.html b/internal/web/view/templates/status.html
index e0f020d..d0b4e9e 100644
--- a/internal/web/view/templates/status.html
+++ b/internal/web/view/templates/status.html
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+{{/* Wide enough for mail queue and TLS certificate side by side (see .split
+     in panel.css, as on account and delivery). */}}
+{{define "wide"}}wide{{end}}
+
 {{define "content"}}
 <h1>Server status</h1>
 
diff --git a/internal/web/view/templates/status_body.html b/internal/web/view/templates/status_body.html
index 22f551b..f29bb08 100644
--- a/internal/web/view/templates/status_body.html
+++ b/internal/web/view/templates/status_body.html
@@ -72,25 +72,27 @@
     </table>
   </div>
 
-  <div class="card" id="queue">
-    <h2>Mail queue <span class="st st-{{.QueueStatus}}">{{.QueueStatus}}</span></h2>
-    {{if .QueueError}}
-    <p class="error">{{.QueueError}}</p>
-    {{else}}
-    <p>{{if .QueueSummary}}{{.QueueSummary}}{{else}}Mail queue is empty.{{end}}</p>
-    <a class="btn" href="/mail-queue">Full queue</a>
-    {{end}}
-  </div>
+  <div class="split">
+    <div class="card" id="queue">
+      <h2>Mail queue <span class="st st-{{.QueueStatus}}">{{.QueueStatus}}</span></h2>
+      {{if .QueueError}}
+      <p class="error">{{.QueueError}}</p>
+      {{else}}
+      <p>{{if .QueueSummary}}{{.QueueSummary}}{{else}}Mail queue is empty.{{end}}</p>
+      <a class="btn" href="/mail-queue">Full queue</a>
+      {{end}}
+    </div>
 
-  <div class="card" id="certificate">
-    <h2>TLS certificate <span class="st st-{{.Cert.Status}}">{{.Cert.Status}}</span></h2>
-    <p class="muted">The certificate Postfix serves on port 465{{if .Cert.Subject}} ({{.Cert.Subject}}){{end}}.
-    It is supplied by the reverse proxy through a read-only mount; SelfPost only reads it.</p>
-    {{if not .Cert.NotAfter.IsZero}}
-    <label>Expires</label>
-    <span class="code">{{.Cert.NotAfter.UTC.Format "2006-01-02 15:04 UTC"}}</span>
-    {{end}}
-    <p class="{{if eq .Cert.Status "ok"}}muted{{else}}error{{end}}">{{.Cert.Detail}}</p>
+    <div class="card" id="certificate">
+      <h2>TLS certificate <span class="st st-{{.Cert.Status}}">{{.Cert.Status}}</span></h2>
+      <p class="muted">The certificate Postfix serves on port 465{{if .Cert.Subject}} ({{.Cert.Subject}}){{end}}.
+      It is supplied by the reverse proxy through a read-only mount; SelfPost only reads it.</p>
+      {{if not .Cert.NotAfter.IsZero}}
+      <label>Expires</label>
+      <span class="code">{{.Cert.NotAfter.UTC.Format "2006-01-02 15:04 UTC"}}</span>
+      {{end}}
+      <p class="{{if eq .Cert.Status "ok"}}muted{{else}}error{{end}}">{{.Cert.Detail}}</p>
+    </div>
   </div>
 
   <div class="card" id="sockets">
diff --git a/internal/web/view/templates_test.go b/internal/web/view/templates_test.go
index d45821d..6847893 100644
--- a/internal/web/view/templates_test.go
+++ b/internal/web/view/templates_test.go
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ func TestOnlyThePagesMadeOfDataDeclareThemselvesWide(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("New: %v", err)
 	}
-	wide := map[string]bool{"account": true, "deliveries": true, "delivery": true, "mail_queue": true, "system_log": true}
+	wide := map[string]bool{"account": true, "deliveries": true, "delivery": true, "mail_queue": true, "status": true, "system_log": true}
 	for name, page := range engine.Pages() {
 		var buf bytes.Buffer
 		if err := page.ExecuteTemplate(&buf, "wide", nil); err != nil {
@@ -379,6 +379,9 @@ func TestStatusPageRendersEveryCheck(t *testing.T) {
 		"opendkim", "FATAL", "Mail queue is empty", "mail.example.com",
 		"203.0.113.10 → no PTR record", `action="/reload"`,
 		`hx-get="/status/fragment"`, `class="st st-error"`,
+		// Queue and certificate sit abreast inside the polled fragment; their
+		// ids stay on the cards so the section index and scroll highlights hold.
+		`class="split"`, `id="queue"`, `id="certificate"`, `id="sockets"`,
 		// The machine card: the bars carry their reading in an attribute
 		// (the CSP rules out sizing them with a style), and the figures are
 		// printed beside them for anything that does not render a meter.