Help with Verifying Please

  • I have read previous post about this. I have read the Google Webmaster Insutructions. Over and Over.
    I went to Appearance, then Editor, then header.php, then I pasted the meta tag after <head> and before <title>…as you can see here:

    <head>
 <meta name="google-site-verification" content="WIt9us8QR4gJgE3gRRkqmwo2NxoYOlmlcpMAG2C5-sw" />
<meta charset="<?php bloginfo( 'charset' ); ?>" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" />
<title><?php

    It will not verify. I have moved it under the <meta charset… and I have moved it under the <meta name=”viewpoint”. It will not verify.

    I also went about half way down the line of code there (see below)and placed it between the <header> and <body>. It did not verify.

    ?>
</head>

<body <?php body_class(); ?>>

    [Please post code snippets between backticks or use the code button.]

    Does anyone know what I might be doing wrong? I do not understand computer language but I can follow directions that are well presented. Thank you for your help!

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  • It will not verify.

    Why? Are you remaining within the Verification screen on Google whilst you carry this out?

    Thread Starter leakaye

    (@leakaye)

    Oh my…not sure what you mean by that?
    I have the Webmaster page open…and copied the meta tag from there. Then I opened my WordPress in another window.
    Is that wrong?

    Thread Starter leakaye

    (@leakaye)

    OhMyGosh…It Verified!
    Thank you Esmi!
    Did I miss some instructions to close windows inorder for this to work…or should I just know this stuff? lol
    Thanks again!!

    I can only guess that your web hosts are operating some kind of web cache and that it took a while for the updated header to be indexable by Google. Other than that, everything you were doing seems to have been correct.

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