Some service providers require that you verify your ownership of the domain name when taking the service into use. Some of the services are for example Facebook Business pages, Google Search Console and Analytics or email services like Google Workspace and MS Office 365. This is done for security reasons. All services offer multiple different ways to verify ownership but most commonly used are these.
Verify With HTML File
The fastest and easiest way to verify that you own your domain is to download verification file from the service setup page. Google verification filename looks like google4ddabfacdb4fxxxx.html and Facebook's <letter-and-number-code>.html.
Download the file from service providers setup page to your local computer
Upload the file to your website's server in htdocs folder. You can do that for example by using a SFTP-client or with SCP in command line.
After this check that the file can be found by opening it in the browser: https://example.com/<verificationfile>.html
Verify With DNS Record
The other (slower) way to verify domain ownership is to add TXT-type verification record in the DNS settings. For example:
@ 10800 IN TXT "facebook-domain-verification=<code>"
Or
@ 10800 IN TXT "google-site-verification=<code>"
You can add or modify verification records yourself directly in the WordPress dashboard by navigating to Tools > Domains. This menu is made available via the pre-installed Seravo Plugin. Please note that managing DNS records through this menu is only possible if the domain is managed by Seravo and uses Seravo's nameservers.
You can also request the record to be added by Seravo's customer service, and we will add it on your behalf. If the domain is not managed by Seravo, the record change must be requested from the provider that manages the domain or its nameservers.
Need Help With Verification?
Please contact our customer support via email at [email protected].