verifying your website through google using meta tag

  • Resolved johnnydesmd

    (@johnnydesmd)


    14 years, 4 months ago

    Trying to verify https://www.jwflyfishing.com website through google using these instructions, where do I find the homepage in my wordpress dashboard? Thanks for any and all help.
    JW

    1. Copy the meta tag below, and paste it into your site’s home page. It should go in the section, before the first section.

    <meta name=”google-site-verification” content=”5C5aEaD9jclOwN6aWr4wYP66Tf81K_Ub4GpgIfZDthg” />
    Show me an example

    <html>
    <head>
    <meta name=”google-site-verification” content=”5C5aEaD9jclOwN6aWr4wYP66Tf81K_Ub4GpgIfZDthg” />
    <title> My title </title>
    </head>
    <body>
    page contents
    </body>
    </html>
    2. Click verify below.

    Leave the meta tag in place even after verification succeeds.

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  • go to the appearance->editor tab from your admin area

    that loads your theme, then go to header.php

    Paste that line of code in there, I usually put it after this line

    <meta name="generator" content="WordPress <?php bloginfo('version'); ?>" /><!-- leave this for stats -->

    Thread Starter johnnydesmd

    (@johnnydesmd)

    Voodoo, I looked and cant find “generator” content, I see several other in the header such as “content”, “keywords”, “description” but I am not finding “generator”. Any tips? Is it ok to post header script, I could post it for you to look at. Thanks fot the help by the way.
    JW

    you can post your verification code under the keywords and description lines, that works

    Thread Starter johnnydesmd

    (@johnnydesmd)

    Voodoo, you are making my day tolerable! thanks for the help.

    tolerable? lol!… glad to help!

    Thank you very much Voodoo. I had the same problem. Your instruction about going to appearance, editor, and header.php is very helpful. Even though I am using a different theme and the HTML is different from the one you’ve shown and from Google webmaster, my first try is a success. My site is verified. I just paste the verification code between “header” and “title”.

    Thanks again!

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