Error 403 Permission denied. Failed to verify the URL ownership.

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  • Resolved Gabriela Nardini

    1 year ago

    Rank Math free

    Im trying to send the API on instant index and always appear an error: 403 Permission denied. Failed to verify the URL ownership.

    I saw your document to fix it, i followed this steps: Change the API Key in Rank Math
    Navigate to Rank Math SEO → Instant Indexing → IndexNow API Settings → API Key.
    Click on the Change Key button to generate a new API key.
    Change API Key

    2. Create and Upload a Text File
    Create a text file named [your_api_key].txt, where [your_api_key] is your actual API key.
    Add the API key as the only content in the file (no extra spaces or characters).
    API key for IndexNow

    Upload this text file to the root of your website using an FTP client like FileZilla or cPanel’s File Manager.
    But didnt work. And Im trying for a long time with other solutions but didnt work too. I verified the permissions, conflict with other plugins, I uninstalled them all, I tried to send the api and it didn’t work, I spoke to my server’s support and they made the necessary permission settings and it didn’t work. And I disabled the firewall didnt work too. Im sad. Can you help me please.

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  • Rakibuzzaman Siam

    1 year ago

    Hello,

    Thank you for contacting us and sorry for any inconvenience that might have been caused due to that.

    Can you please confirm if you’re facing the issue with IndexNow API or Google Instant Indexing? If you’re facing the error for Google Indexing API, please make sure the service account is listed as the Owner of the site in the Search Console.

    You can follow the steps illustrated here to solve the issue:
    https://rankmath.com/blog/google-indexing-api/#403-permission-denied

    In case, the issue is occurring for IndexNow, then 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.

    Sensitive Data Section

    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/

    Let us know how it goes. Looking forward to helping you.

    Thank you.

    Gabriela Nardini

    1 year ago

    Rank Math free

    Hello Im using instant index and the service account is listed as the Owner of the site in the Search Console. But the error remains.

    Ike

    1 year ago

    Hello,

    ​​​​​​​This is one of the most common issues when setting up the Instant Indexing plugin.

    If that doesn’t work for you, please remove the plugin, then install and configure it again by following the steps religiously.

    Let us know how it goes. Looking forward to helping you.

    Thank you.

    RankBot

    11 months, 4 weeks ago

    Hello,

    Since we did not hear back from you for 15 days, we are assuming that you found the solution. We are closing this support ticket.

    If you still need assistance or any other help, please feel free to open a new support ticket, and we will be more than happy to assist.

    Thank you.

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