Hello,
Thank you for contacting Rank Math and bringing your concern to our attention. I’m sorry for any inconvenience this issue may have caused you.
In this case, make sure the service account is listed as the Owner of the site in the Search Console.
Please follow the steps illustrated here to solve the issue:
https://rankmath.com/blog/google-indexing-api/#num-6-2-403-permission-denied-failed-to-verify-the-url-ownership
Let us know how this goes.
Thank you.
Hi, Thank you for the reply.
I did think it may be this so I created a new project, created service account, assigned the roles in google web console, added the new json key, enabled API in google cloud and still get the exact same error.
Sorry and yes it is assigned as OWNER
Hello,
Thank you for your patience.
Please delete the Instant Indexing plugin, then install and configure it again.
https://rankmath.com/blog/google-indexing-api/
If the issue still persists, we might need to take a closer look at the settings. Please edit the first post on this ticket and include your WordPress & FTP logins in the designated Sensitive Data section.
Please do take a complete backup of your website before sharing the information with us.
It is completely secure and only our support staff has access to that section. If you want, you can use the below plugin to generate a temporary login URL to your website and share that with us instead:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/temporary-login-without-password/
You can use the above plugin in conjunction with the WP Security Audit Log to monitor what changes our staff might make on your website (if any):
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-security-audit-log/
We really look forward to helping you.
Thank you.
Hello and thank you for the help. Delete and re install of plugin has fixed the issue.
Hello,
We are super happy that this issue is already resolved. If you have any other questions in the future, know that we are here to help you.
If you don’t mind us asking, could you please leave us a review (if you haven’t already) on https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/seo-by-rank-math/reviews/#new-post about your overall experience with Rank Math? We appreciate your time and patience.
If you have another question in the future, please feel free to create a new forum topic, and it will be our pleasure to assist you again.
Thank you.