Title: Verifying site Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # Verifying site * [jennifersolow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jennifersolow/) * (@jennifersolow) * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/verifying-site/) * I’m trying to add code to what Google calls my ‘homepage’ to verify both of my websites: * hhttp://themuddykitchen.com/ * [http://www.jennifersolow.com/](http://www.jennifersolow.com/) which is running WordPress 3.3.2 * I’ve read some of the forum Q&A about where this code can be added but I just don’t understand. When I go, as recommended (I think), to the Header, I just get an image, not a page with any code on it. * I’m an author, not at all experienced with this kind of thing. Can someone help??!! Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total) * Thread Starter [jennifersolow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jennifersolow/) * (@jennifersolow) * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/verifying-site/#post-2952575) * Oops: [http://themuddykitchen.com/](http://themuddykitchen.com/) * [Krishna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/1nexus/) * (@1nexus) * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/verifying-site/#post-2952578) * You can find various methods of site verification [here](http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=35179). It will be easier for you to copy an html file given by Google for each site and upload to the root directory of your sites. * Thread Starter [jennifersolow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jennifersolow/) * (@jennifersolow) * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/verifying-site/#post-2952589) * Thanks – yes, I’ve figured out how to get the verification code from Google but I don’t know what a root directory is or where to find it in my dashboard. * [Krishna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/1nexus/) * (@1nexus) * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/verifying-site/#post-2952592) * It is not in your dashboard. You have to login to your hosting account or upload using an FTP client like FileZilla. * Thread Starter [jennifersolow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jennifersolow/) * (@jennifersolow) * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/verifying-site/#post-2952598) * Hmm… I guess I’m just pretty dumb about this sort of thing. I host my author blog through Modwest but I think my food blog is simply on WordPress? I don’t know what an FTP client is either. * Can you explain where to put the verification code to a real beginner? * [Krishna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/1nexus/) * (@1nexus) * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/verifying-site/#post-2952609) * If you can login to your hosting account, you can go to your cPanel or File Manager( or whatever your host names it) and find out your root directory. * [leethompson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leethompson/) * (@leethompson) * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/verifying-site/#post-2952612) * Do you have a way of editing the header file of your theme? * Lee * Thread Starter [jennifersolow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jennifersolow/) * (@jennifersolow) * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/verifying-site/#post-2952618) * Editing the header of my theme just gets me into a page where I can pick the color and add a custom header image. I don’t see any “behind the scenes” kind of stuff — just boxes to click. * [leethompson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leethompson/) * (@leethompson) * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/verifying-site/#post-2952623) * In wp-admin if you hover over appearacne you will see editor click that will take you to the backend code. There you can add the meta tag from google inbetween and * Lee * [leethompson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leethompson/) * (@leethompson) * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/verifying-site/#post-2952624) * Also you might try this plugin [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/official-google-site-verification-plugin/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/official-google-site-verification-plugin/) * Lee * Thread Starter [jennifersolow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jennifersolow/) * (@jennifersolow) * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/verifying-site/#post-2952626) * Thanks Lee. * I couldn’t find anything by hovering but I did end up going into Tools and seeing a place for a meta tag right there plain as day. Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total) The topic ‘Verifying site’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 11 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [jennifersolow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jennifersolow/) * Last activity: [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/verifying-site/#post-2952626) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics