# Google Search Console Verification Tag

> Adds the HTML meta tag Google Search Console uses to verify that you own the site.

- Type: HTML
- Runs: Site-wide header
- Category: [Analytics & Tracking](https://wpide.com/library/category/analytics/)
- Tags: analytics, search-console, verification, seo
- Author: WPIDE Team
- Installs: 0
- Updated: 2026-10-28
- Page: https://wpide.com/library/google-site-verification/

## Code

```html
<meta name="google-site-verification" content="YOUR_VERIFICATION_CODE" />
```

## Notes

Replace YOUR_VERIFICATION_CODE with the content value Search Console gives you under the HTML tag method.

## How to use it

Install the free WPIDE plugin (https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpide/), find "Google Search Console Verification Tag" in its snippet library and add it in one click; or create a new HTML snippet in WPIDE (or any code snippets plugin) and paste the code above. More snippets: https://wpide.com/library/