## **🔍 What deployment verification confirms**

Verifying an OTTO deployment helps confirm that changes made in Search Atlas have reached your WordPress website. Depending on your setup, changes may be applied through the OTTO WordPress plugin, a connected CMS sync, or a headless implementation.

## **⚙️ Check your OTTO installation**

1. In Search Atlas, open **OTTO SEO** from the left sidebar.
2. Select **Installation Guide**.
3. Review the installation status and confirm that your WordPress site is connected to the correct project.
4. Confirm the OTTO WordPress plugin is installed and active in your WordPress admin area when your setup requires the plugin.

Some headless WordPress setups may not show a visible plugin marker in the page source. In those cases, use the live page and deployment checks below instead of relying only on a page marker.

## **🚀 Confirm the change is published**

1. Make or identify a small, specific change in OTTO SEO.
2. Save or publish the change according to the instructions shown in Search Atlas.
3. Wait several minutes, then open the affected page in a private browser window.
4. Compare the live page with the expected result. Check the page title, meta description, canonical URL, headings, or other element changed by OTTO.

Use the exact published URL, including the correct protocol and subdomain. Testing a staging, redirected, or different version of the URL can make a successful deployment appear missing.

## **🛠️ Verify the live HTML**

To check whether an on-page change is live, open the affected page, view its page source, and search for the expected title, meta description, canonical URL, or other updated content. The browser inspector may show changes created after page load, while page source helps confirm what the server returned.

For structured data or other code changes, use a suitable search engine testing tool or inspect the rendered page. Confirm that the result appears on the live URL, not only inside the Search Atlas preview.

## **🧹 Clear caching before retesting**

Caching is a common reason a deployment appears not to sync. After publishing, clear or bypass caches at each applicable level:

- WordPress caching or optimization plugins
- Hosting or server cache
- Content delivery network cache
- Browser cache

Retest in a private browser window after caches are cleared. If the change appears in Search Atlas but not on the live page, compare the page again after cache expiration or request a cache purge from your hosting or CDN settings.

## **📊 If the change still is not visible**

1. Confirm you edited the correct Search Atlas project and target URL.
2. Check that the URL is indexable and is not redirected to another page.
3. Verify that WordPress and the OTTO plugin are connected to the same site.
4. Check whether another plugin, theme, server rule, or CDN is replacing the title, canonical, or other element.
5. Review the page source and record what appears instead of the expected change.

Do not repeatedly publish the same change before checking the live HTML and cache layers. These checks help identify whether the issue is installation, deployment, caching, or another WordPress setting.

## **💬 Get help with a deployment**

If you need further assistance, open the chat widget in the bottom-right corner of the platform and type **human teammate** to be connected with a member of our team.