SiteKit “Verify Site Ownership Failure”

Resolved besoyfree
(@besoyfree)

1 year, 10 months ago
Hi I am trying to activate Google SiteKit on my new domain. I am having the “Verify Site Ownership” Error when I try to set up Google Sitekit. I have reviewed the forums and attempted the steps suggested by James Osbourne here https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the-necessary-verification-token-could-not-be-found-on-your-site-11/. I also saw this support link https://github.com/google/site-kit-wp/issues/4371 and did successfully add the DNS text record data so that Google Search Console knows I own the site. But after successfully doing that I still can’t set up Google SiteKit, still get same “Verify Ownership” Error. This is my first wordpress site, so I really would like to get the SiteKit working as I was told it makes using other Google tools much easier.
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Plugin Support Adam Dunnage
(@adamdunnage)

1 year, 10 months ago
Hi @besoyfree thanks for reaching out and sorry to hear you’re facing issue with setting up Site Kit on your site. So we can determine more on this please share the following:
1. Your Site Health information. You can use this form to share privately if preferred.
2. Have you tried to temporarily deactivate any caching or optimization plugin if you have any active on your site?
3. If you’re not using a caching or optimization plugin can you share your current hosting provider? There may be some optimizations applied at host level which could be triggering this notice.
Let me know if you have any questions with the above.
Thread Starter besoyfree
(@besoyfree)

1 year, 10 months ago

Hi @adamdunnage I submitted my Site Health information through the private form. I did deactivate all the plugins and tried to activate SiteKit, but to no avail. I am using Bluehost for hosting.

Plugin Support Adam Dunnage
(@adamdunnage)

1 year, 10 months ago

@besoyfree thanks for the information. You mentioned above that you have added the DNS text record data so that Google Search Console knows I own the site. Did you do this here and can you see your site in your list of sites?

If not please could you try adding and verifying your site here and trying again in Site Kit. Could you please also try setting up Site Kit in an Incognito browsing window to see if this makes any difference.

Thread Starter besoyfree
(@besoyfree)

1 year, 10 months ago

@adamdunnage Dude, you rock! That last link worked, now when I go to set up site kit it tells me that it recognizes me as the owner. Really appreciate the help.

Plugin Support Adam Dunnage
(@adamdunnage)

1 year, 10 months ago

@besoyfree You’re very welcome and glad to hear that worked for you. I will mark this topic as resolved but if you have any issues in future or questions then please don’t hesitate to reach out and we will be happy to help.

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