How To Connect Google Search Console with WordPress
Google Search Console reports about search performance and technical errors on our website. Google search console helps in reporting clicks, impressions, CSR and average position. It also helps in tracking fix an impression according to countries types of devices search appearance and more. Google search console also tracks top internal linking pages, top external linking pages top anchor text, top linking domains. It also allows to check which pages are indexable and which pages are not indexable manually under the URL inspection option. Google search console has various features but it depends what kind of website you have there are various options such as merchant listing products snippets that are only enabled only for ecommerce website.
There are two methods to connect GSC with website
Domain Method: Under the domain method you can track data of main domain as well as sub domain. This method is useful when you have a large website with many pages and sub domains. For domain method you can only use DNS record to connect your website with GST there is no other method is available to connect your WordPress website with GST under domain method
- Enter your domain without http or https & then click on continue & then GSC with start checking is there is any existing connection between the domain and GSC or not. If not, it will show Verify domain ownership via DNS record.
- Under DNS record method you will get 2 option to select record type first stage text which is recommended by Google and second is C name so let us see how big can you use both record type to connect our website with Google search console
- Txt Record Type : A text record allows domain administrator to enter text into DNS which allows domain administrator to prove that is the owner of the domain.
Below is the Example of a TXT record:
example.com | record type: | value: | TTL |
@ | TXT | This is an awesome domain! Definitely not spammy. | 32600 |
Login into your Hostinger account and navigate to domain section to find your domain.
Choose your domain & click on manage and your will list of records available for your domain.
Choose the TXT type & and follow the below sample inputs (replace with your data) & click on add record.
Name – Utkarsh Bhushan
Txt Value – Copy form GSC
Time To Live TTL – 60 (in seconds)
