How to Add WordPress Website to Google Search Console

Google search console is a no-charge web service by Google for webmasters. As of May 20th, 2015, Google rebranded Google Search Console (former Google Webmaster Tools). It allows webmasters to check indexing status and optimize visibility of their websites. No worried! If you don’t know how to add your WordPress site or blog to Google search console.

In this tutorial, I will tell you how to add WordPress site to Google search console and and get verified.

Add WordPress Website to Google Search Console

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1. Go to Google Search Console and start with a Google account. After signing in, you’ll see 2 different options to verify your website. First one is little bit complicated. So, i will teach you second one which is URL prefix. Simple input your website’s URL and hit the continue button.

2. On the next screen, you will be asked to verify the website ownership by adding HTML file in your website. Download the example.html file and upload to your website’s root directory using FTP or scroll down to see Other verification methods to obtain a meta tag which you can then add in your WordPress site.

3. To easily add the meta tag to your website you can install and activate our Insert Headers and Footers plugin. Copy the meta tag line provided by Google search console which will look something like this:

<meta name="google-site-verification" content="VerificationKeyCode" />

4. Now go to Settings » Insert Headers and Footers and paste the meta tag line into the header field. Save your changes and go back to Google search console page and click on VERIFY button.

Further, If you’re using Yost SEO then you can copy the verification key ins content part of the meta tag and paste it. Click on SEO in your WordPress admin sidebar and then scroll down to webmaster tools section to paste the unique key in the Google Webmaster Tools field. Save your changes and go back to Google Webmaster tools website to verify your website.

Additionally, With Yoast SEO plugin, you can also verify Bing, Yandex, Alexa, Pinterest.