google verification

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  • go to google’s “webmaster tools.”
    you need a google account/email address to use it.
    great service.

    Thread Starter wmoriarty

    (@wmoriarty)

    my problem is that they want me to paste code into the <body> section of my theme template. how do I find the themes <body> section?

    really? In the <body> section? Read your instructions carefully before pasting anything.

    My instructions wanted me to put my verification in the <head> section

    your theme’s <head> section is going to be in header.php mostlikely (in your theme)

    The <body> section most likely starts in header.php and it will end in footer.php

    Thread Starter wmoriarty

    (@wmoriarty)

    yeah you are right they want it in the <head> section. my problem is I dont know how to access the <head> section. I have a free template theme from wordpress. Is there a way to add code to these types of themes?

    Can be easier to use the html file upload option rather than edit header.php; that’s where you download a simple html file from the Google Tools verification page and then upload it via FTP.

    from your admin area, you just go to appearance->editor and voila you are looking at your theme’s files on the right

    open up your header.php file

    scan the code, you should see other meta code, insert your verification code after that

    @songdogtech’s solution could work too, but it always fails for me when I try to do that

    Thread Starter wmoriarty

    (@wmoriarty)

    thanks alot you guys. that was a big help

    I’m having the same issue, but following Rev Voodoo’s advice I don’t see an Appearance > Editor menu item, so I’m stumped.

    I see this is an 8 month old string – has access to the editor where I can add the meta code changed? If so, where can I do this?

    Appreciate any help I can get! Thanks.

    In the past 8 months there have been multiple upgrades of WordPress but nothing that has changed the Appearance sub-menu. Is this a self-hosted blog or a wordpress.com site?

    It’s a wordpress.com site.. I’m using the free Black-LetterHead theme.

    Appearance menu has Themes, Widgets, Menus, Extras, Background, Header, TypeKit Fonts and Edit CSS – none of these pages show an “editor” function, nor do I see anything on those pages referencing meta code.

    You cannot access the theme template files on wordpress.com sites. And as this forum is for self-hosted WordPress sites, please try asking any further questions on https://en.forums.wordpress.com/

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