Can someone help me with google app verification for email

Hey I signed up for google apps so I could use an email address for my website RatchetBrews.com
My domain name was purchased and website hosted through wordpress. Google gives me an html code to include for verification. I must not be doing it right because when I post it, it shows up as text on the page. Can someone help me through this. I read a few tutorials, but couldn’t seem to wrap my head around it.
So, dumbing it down and assume I know nothing. How do I do this so I can use my email through google?