Service account rejected by Search Console ownership check
Google Search Console rejects the service account with email not found or a 403 ownership error, blocking indexing setup.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
3 public reports · first reported 26 July 2024 · last reported 12 May 2026
What's going wrong
Owners who connect this WordPress indexing plugin to Google Search Console often hit a wall when adding the service account as an owner: Search Console says the email is not found, or the indexing log returns a 403 saying URL ownership could not be verified.
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