If your domain’s website is hosted by WordPress.com, you can verify your domain and set up your Google Workspace email at the same time. Or, you can set up email later and verify your domain by adding a meta tag or TXT record.
Important! Use this article to set up a new domain with Google Workspace. If you've been using Google Workspace with your domain for more than 3 days, your domain is already verified.
Why verify?
We don't want someone else to use your domain to sign up for Google Workspace. You can help us keep your domain safe by showing us that you are the owner.
How to verify
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Sign in to your Google Admin console.
Sign in using your administrator account (does not end in @gmail.com).
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Click Continue to verify your domain with a TXT record.
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Look for your verification code in the setup tool and click Copy.
- Leave the Google Admin console setup instructions open.
- In a new tab or browser window, open the the WordPress site.
- Enter the email address or username and password that you created when you purchased your domain from WordPress.
- Click Continue.
If you don’t know your account information, you can reset your password or recover your account.
If you want to verify your domain and set up Google Workspace email right now, follow the steps below. If you just want to verify and set up email later, choose the steps for adding a TXT, CNAME, or meta tag record.
- At the top left of the WordPress site, click My Site.
- Scroll down and on the left, click Manage
Domains.
- Click the domain name that you want to verify.
- Click Name Servers and DNS.
- Click G Suite.
- In the text field, paste the TXT record that you copied in step 1.
- Click Set up G Suite.
Your domain is verified and the Google Workspace MX records are added to your WordPress domain DNS records.
- Continue to step 4.
- At the top left of the WordPress site, click My Site.
- Scroll down and on the left, click Manage
- Click the domain name that you want to verify.
- Click Name Servers and DNS.
- Click DNS Records.
- Scroll to the bottom of the page.
If you see a warning message about changing your DNS settings, disregard it. Adding the TXT record won’t damage your website or DNS settings.
- From the Type list, select TXT.
- Leave the Name field empty.
- In the Text field, paste the verification record that you copied in step 1.
- Click Add New DNS Record.
Your verification record is added.
- Continue to step 4.
- At the top left of the WordPress site, click My Site.
- Scroll down and on the left, click Manage
- Click the domain name that you want to verify.
- Click Name Servers and DNS.
- Click DNS Records.
- Scroll to the bottom of the page.
If you see a warning message about changing your DNS settings, disregard it. Adding the CNAME record won’t damage your website or DNS settings.
- From the Type list, select CNAME.
- In the Name field, paste the contents of the Label/Host portion of the CNAME record provided by the Admin console in step 1.
- In the Alias Of field, paste the long string of text and numbers from the Destination/Target portion of the CNAME record provided by the Admin console in step 1.
- Click Add New DNS Record.
Your verification record is added.
- Continue to step 4.
- At the top left of the WordPress site, click My Site.
- Scroll down and click WP Admin to open your site’s dashboard.
- Scroll down and click Tools
- Scroll to Website Verification Services.
- In the Google Webmaster Tools field, paste the verification meta tag that you copied in step 1.
- Click Save Changes.
Your verification record is added.
- Continue to step 4.
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Sign in to your Google Admin console.
Sign in using your administrator account (does not end in @gmail.com).
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Click Continue.
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Scroll to the bottom of the next page and click Verify my domain.
Important! It might take additional time for your registrar to publish the verification code. If the Google Workspace setup tool gives you an error message, wait an hour before you try again.
In extreme cases, it can take up to 48 hours for your registrar to publish your verification code.
Next steps
- Return to the Google Workspace setup tool, where you can:
- Add other users to your account.
- Activate Gmail for your organization.
- Review the quick start guides to continue setting up Google Workspace for your organization.
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