{"id":"6a07c41e780bb714197a1e09","title":"2026 05 16","path":"how-to/committee/release-notes/2026-05-16","contentMarkdown":"# 16-May-2026 — verify NGX sites with Google Search Console [ref #263](https://github.com/nbarrett/ngx-ramblers/issues/263)\n\n## [build 646](https://github.com/nbarrett/ngx-ramblers/actions/runs/25948433695) — [commit 76a88f4](https://github.com/nbarrett/ngx-ramblers/commit/76a88f47eed3303ae04aece0412c18dfeb4c39b0)\n\n_____\n\n- Adds a Google Search Console panel under System Settings, External Systems,\nSecurity. It verifies the site with Google Search Console using the HTML tag\nmethod, so no Cloudflare or DNS access is needed.\n\n- A site administrator creates a URL-prefix property in Search Console, picks\nthe HTML tag verification method, and pastes the verification meta tag into\nthe panel. NGX extracts the content value from the pasted tag automatically,\nso there is no need to trim it by hand, and confirms on screen what was\napplied.\n\n-  When a verification id is set, the server adds the google-site-verification\nmeta tag to every page, so Google's crawler sees it without relying on\nclient-side rendering. Once the site is deployed, ownership verification in\nSearch Console completes against the live pages.\n\n- Accessed and managed from `admin/system-settings?tab=external-systems&sub-tab=security` :\n\n![](https://ngx-ramblers.org.uk/api/aws/s3/site-content/ff4d9a42-2883-427f-927d-197516dae08b.jpeg)","contentHtml":"<h1>16-May-2026 — verify NGX sites with Google Search Console <a href=\"https://github.com/nbarrett/ngx-ramblers/issues/263\">ref #263</a></h1>\n<h2><a href=\"https://github.com/nbarrett/ngx-ramblers/actions/runs/25948433695\">build 646</a> — <a href=\"https://github.com/nbarrett/ngx-ramblers/commit/76a88f47eed3303ae04aece0412c18dfeb4c39b0\">commit 76a88f4</a></h2>\n<hr>\n<ul>\n<li><p>Adds a Google Search Console panel under System Settings, External Systems,\nSecurity. It verifies the site with Google Search Console using the HTML tag\nmethod, so no Cloudflare or DNS access is needed.</p>\n</li>\n<li><p>A site administrator creates a URL-prefix property in Search Console, picks\nthe HTML tag verification method, and pastes the verification meta tag into\nthe panel. NGX extracts the content value from the pasted tag automatically,\nso there is no need to trim it by hand, and confirms on screen what was\napplied.</p>\n</li>\n<li><p>When a verification id is set, the server adds the google-site-verification\nmeta tag to every page, so Google&#39;s crawler sees it without relying on\nclient-side rendering. Once the site is deployed, ownership verification in\nSearch Console completes against the live pages.</p>\n</li>\n<li><p>Accessed and managed from <code>admin/system-settings?tab=external-systems&amp;sub-tab=security</code> :</p>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<p><img src=\"https://ngx-ramblers.org.uk/api/aws/s3/site-content/ff4d9a42-2883-427f-927d-197516dae08b.jpeg\" alt=\"\"></p>\n"}