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title: How to use Google Search Console API with SEOPress PRO
url: "https://www.seopress.org/support/guides/how-to-use-google-search-console-api-with-seopress-pro/"
lang: en-US
updated: 2026-03-31
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# How to use Google Search Console API with SEOPress PRO

You must first create a Google Console project before you can follow this tutorial. [More info on the official documentation](https://developers.google.com/assistant/sdk/guides/library/python/embed/config-dev-project-and-account).

## Activate the Google Search Console API from Google Cloud Console

Sign in to [Google Cloud Console](https://console.developers.google.com/).

Using the main navigation menu (click the hamburger icon), click on **APIs & Services**, **Library**, search for **Google Search Console API**, click on it from the search results, and **enable it**.

[![Activate Google Search Console API from Google Cloud Console](https://www.seopress.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/google-inspect-url-api-seopress.png)](https://www.seopress.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/google-inspect-url-api-seopress.png)

*Activate Google Search Console API from Google Cloud Console*

## Create your service account

- If you have already setup a service account for **Google Indexing API**, you have nothing to do. SEOPress will automatically use the same service account added to **SEO**, **Instant Indexing**, **Settings** tab.
- If you have not setup a service account, please [follow this guide](https://www.seopress.org/support/guides/google-indexing-api-with-seopress/).
- Once the service account has been created, do not forget [add your service account email to your Google Search Console account](https://www.seopress.org/support/guides/google-indexing-api-with-seopress/#add-your-service-account-as-a-site-owner-to-google-search-console) as described in our guide.

## Inspect your URL with Google from your favorite editor or page builder

Now **edit a content** (must be already published and crawled by Google otherwise you will have no details from Search Console).

Go to the **Content Analysis** feature, **Inspect URL** tab and run the audit. Wait a few seconds to get the report.

[![Inspect URL with Search Console with SEOPress](https://www.seopress.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/google-inspect-url-metabox-seopress.jpg)](https://www.seopress.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/google-inspect-url-metabox-seopress.jpg)

*Inspect URL with Search Console with SEOPress*

## Get Insights with Search Console

To get your clicks, positions, CTR and impressions from your post / page / post type list, go to **SEO**, **PRO**, **Google Search Console** tab, and click **Get Insights from Google Search Console** button.

Once the process completed, you must activate these new columns from **SEO**, **Advanced**, **Appearance**, by checking “**Show search console data**” option. **Save changes**.

From the list of your content, use the Screen options button to show / hide specific columns.

Click on a column, eg “**Clics**“, to sort your content ascending or descending.

[![Google Search Console integration - SEOPress PRO](https://www.seopress.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/seopress-search-console-integration.jpg)](https://www.seopress.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/seopress-search-console-integration.jpg)

*Google Search Console integration – SEOPress PRO*

## 403: You do not own this site, or the inspected URL is not part of this property.

If you get this error, it means your domain name set from WordPress General settings, home URL field doesn’t not match the one from Google Search Console.

Trailing slash is super important: `https://example.com` is not the same as `https://example.com/`.

If your **domain name is a domain property in Google Search Console** and / or are not identical, please use these 2 filters to change this behavior for both Inspect URL and Search Console metrics: [seopress\_inspect\_url\_home\_url](https://www.seopress.org/support/hooks/filter-home-url-for-google-inspect-url-api/) & [seopress\_search\_console\_base\_url](https://www.seopress.org/support/hooks/filter-home-url-for-google-search-console-url-api/).

You can check this option “**Yes, I’m using a domain property to add my site in Google Search Console**” if you’re using a domain property to avoid using any hooks.

Since version 9.7, you can directly enter your domain name to use from the user interface.

[![SEOPress Google Search Console integration](https://www.seopress.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/seopress-dashboard-google-search-console-woocommerce.png)](https://www.seopress.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/seopress-dashboard-google-search-console-woocommerce.png)

*SEOPress Google Search Console integration*