Shopify Store GSC Verification SOP

Add a URL-prefix property in GSC

  • Go to Google Search Console → Add property → choose URL prefix.

  • Enter the exact store URL (include https:// and whether you use www or not — it must match the live site).

Choose the HTML tag verification method and copy the meta tag Google gives you.

 

 



Open Shopify theme code (published theme)

  • Log in to Shopify Admin → Online Store → Themes.

  • For the published (live) theme, click Actions → Edit code.

Locate the <head> in the theme

  • In the file list open layout/theme.liquid (or theme.liquid under Layouts).

Paste the meta tag

  • Insert the HTML tag inside the <head> section and before the closing </head> tag.

Save the file

  • Click Save in the Shopify code editor.

Confirm the tag is live

  • Open your store homepage (the exact URL you added in GSC).

  • Right-click → View page source (or Inspect → Elements) and search for google-site-verification.

  • You should see the meta tag in the page <head>. If not, you edited an unpublished theme or the wrong file — go back and correct that.

Verify in Google Search Console

  • Return to GSC and click Verify for the URL-prefix property.

  • If GSC confirms ownership, you’re done with verification.