How to Connect Website to Google Search Console via WPCode

Connecting your website to Google Search Console is an essential step for improving your website’s SEO performance. It allows you to monitor your site’s visibility on Google, track search traffic, and identify issues affecting your rankings. In this guide, we will walk you through the process of adding your site to Google Search Console using WPCode, a popular plugin for adding custom code snippets to your WordPress site.

I. Step-by-Step Guide to Connect Your Website

1. Sign Up for Google Search Console:

• If you haven’t already, visit Google Search Console and sign in with your Google account.
• Add your website to the Search Console by selecting “Add Property” and entering your website’s URL.

2. Get the Verification Code:

• Once your site is added, Google will provide a verification code (a meta tag) to prove ownership of the site. This will typically look like:
  <meta name="google-site-verification" content="your_verification_code_here">

3. Install WPCode Plugin:

• Go to your WordPress dashboard, navigate to Plugins > Add New.
• Search for WPCode and install the plugin.
• Activate the plugin once it’s installed.

4. Add the Verification Code to WPCode:

• After activating WPCode, go to Code Snippets > Header & Footer.
• Paste the Google Site Verification meta tag (copied earlier) into the Header section.
• Save the changes.

5. Verify the Site in Google Search Console:

• Return to Google Search Console, click the Verify button.
• Google will check your website’s code and confirm ownership.
• Once verified, you’ll have access to all the Search Console features for your site.

Connecting your website to Google Search Console via WPCode ensures that you have control over your website’s SEO and performance on Google. The process is simple and can be done in just a few minutes with the help of WPCode. Now, you can track your site’s progress, identify issues, and optimize it for better visibility.

II. Step-by-Step Guide to Connect Your Website

You can follow with the below screenshot for clarity and easy to then. Firstly, go to search on Google by entering “Google seach console” and clicking on the link and login with your email then => Get Started

After you Get Started, you get in Google Search Console, Click => Add property, and enter your website URL

Then click CONTINUE (Note: here step maybe difference sometime if you don’t see as below option go to => Sitting at the right side menu, you will see. There are some options, but you select the HTML tag and copy the code

Then, go to the website dashboard by installing the WPCode plugin if you haven’t done so yet. After you have been installed, go to => Code Snippets => Header & Footer => Header and paste the code there and Save.

Then, back to the HTML tag click on Verify, done. ,

Now you have successfully connected your website with Google search console.

By regularly reviewing Search Console data, you’ll be able to make informed decisions that help improve your site’s performance in Google search rankings.

After you have already connected your website to Google Search Console, you need to do one more step is to set up Google XML Sitemaps. Visit here to see how to set up Google XML Sitemaps via Yoast for your website to index with Google.