Before installing the plugin, do I have to register in the online tools?

Hi Joan,

Happy to help here! I’ve replied to each of your questions individually below.

1 – I see video tutorials (in Spanish) of the year 2019 and 2020. They indicate the need to first register in the online tools with Gmail email. To later link the plugin to these tools, through the Gmail account with which I registered. Is this necessary?

No, it is not necessary to “pre-register” for any of the tools that you wish to connect with via the Google Site Kit plugin. This guide goes a bit more in-depth about connections for each tool.

2 – Currently, in 2021, there are people telling me that the only thing necessary is to have a Gmail account and link it from the plugin with the online tools you want. No need to register before in the online tools. Is this true?

Yes, that is correct. Also note that the user installing and configuring the plugin on the WordPress side will need to have the WordPress Administrator role in order to successfully connect tools via Site Kit.

3 – I understand that if I already register in those two online tools (‘Analytics’, ‘Search Console’) with a Gmail account, when using the plugin I should use the same Gmail account that links to the website that I register in them.
However, I don’t know if I should remove the file that I put in the WordPress root folder, so that ‘Search Console’ will index my website in Google and I can see its metrics on the way. I mean, if I don’t remove it, would there be conflicts?

There is no need to remove any existing files or code. As part of the setup process, the Site Kit plugin will check to see if code already exists for a tool. If the code does not already exist on the site, it will be automatically added. If it does already exist on the site, nothing will change.

I hope this helps! Please let me know if I can answer anything else, and do share your tutorial video once it’s complete as we’d love to take a look!

Bethany

Hi Bethany (@shetheliving)

Thank you very much for attending so soon (a company with good customer service is the most important thing).

I was waiting for this answer with a great need to remove doubts.

I will try on several websites, although not all have a security protocol (HTTPS), I hope it is not a problem, it is not indicated on the plugin page.

Thank you very much for your attentive response and link to know more.

I tell you in the next few days.

Greetings from Spain!

Hi Joan,

Thank you so much for your kind words! The plugin will work with sites that are not using HTTPS. If you do encounter any issues, just let us know.

Bethany

Hi Bethany!

Thanks again for confirming this assumption (no security protocol).

We are in touch ??

Joan

Hi Bethany ( @shetheliving )

I am delighted to let you know again that I have already published a video tutorial on my YouTube (in Spanish).

If you want to look at… it’s this:
– Site Kit. Plugin oficial de Google para WordPress

Thank you very much for your detailed information.

Greetings from Spain ??

Fantastic, @joanmor, thank you for sharing! We would love if you could leave the plugin a review when you get a moment!