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[resolved] verifying your website through google using meta tag (7 posts)

  1. johnnydesmd
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    Trying to verify http://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.

  2. Rev. Voodoo
    Volunteer Moderator
    Posted 1 year ago #

    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 -->

  3. johnnydesmd
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    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

  4. Rev. Voodoo
    Volunteer Moderator
    Posted 1 year ago #

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

  5. johnnydesmd
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

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

  6. Rev. Voodoo
    Volunteer Moderator
    Posted 1 year ago #

    tolerable? lol!... glad to help!

  7. RChavez
    Member
    Posted 7 months ago #

    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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