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Short, plain-English guides on making a QR code that actually scans. No jargon, no fluff, just what holds up when you print it.

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Menus & hospitality

How to make a QR code for a restaurant menu

Point it at a menu page you control, update prices anytime, and never reprint the table tent. The code that won't expire mid-service.

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WhatsApp & chat

How to make a QR code for WhatsApp

Opens a chat straight to your number, with an optional message already typed. The number format that trips people up, explained.

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Embed & website

How to put a QR code on your website

Copy a self-contained snippet and paste it in. Nothing to host, no broken image later, and the code never expires.

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Business cards

How to make a QR code for a business card

What to link (URL or vCard), the right size for a close-up scan, and how to keep it working when you change jobs.

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Telegram & chat

How to make a QR code for Telegram

Open your chat, channel, or group from a public @username or a phone number. Plus the one thing Telegram links can't do.

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iMessage & texting

How to make a QR code for iMessage and texts

Opens a text to your number with a message ready to send. Blue iMessage on Apple, a normal SMS everywhere else.

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Reviews & local

How to make a QR code for Google reviews

Point a static code at your Google review link so customers leave a review in one scan. Print it on a table tent or receipt, and it never expires.

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Instagram & social

How to make a QR code for Instagram

Scan to follow. Point it at your profile, a post, or your link-in-bio. Brandable and print-ready, unlike Instagram's own in-app code.

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LinkedIn & networking

How to make a QR code for your LinkedIn profile

Turn your public profile URL into a print-ready code, choose when to use LinkedIn's own code instead, and test it before the cards arrive.

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Wi-Fi & guests

How to make a Wi-Fi QR code

Guests join your network in one scan, no password recital. The honest security note included, since the password lives in the print.

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Documents & downloads

How to make a QR code for a PDF

Host the file, get a link a stranger can open, and skip the myth that a bigger PDF needs a denser code.

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Forms & check-ins

How to make a QR code for a Google Form

Forms has no built-in QR button. Get the right link, dodge the sign-in wall, and scan straight into the form.

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Job search & careers

How to make a QR code for your resume

What to link (never a copy of the resume itself), the ATS caveat no one mentions, and where it belongs on the page.

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Flyers & handouts

How to make a QR code for a flyer

The right size for a handout, where to place it so trimming and folds can't kill the quiet zone, and what to link.

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The fundamentals

Free tool · Print & sizing

QR code size calculator for print

Choose the surface, scan distance, content density, and logo use. Get a safe minimum size before you send anything to print.

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Print & sizing

How big should a QR code be for print?

The 10:1 rule, a size table for every material from business card to billboard, and the pixel math so it scans the first time.

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Troubleshooting

Why won't my QR code scan?

The real reasons a code fails, in order of likelihood, with the exact fix for each one. Check size and contrast first.

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Static vs dynamic

Do QR codes expire?

Static codes never do. Dynamic ones can, the day the subscription behind them lapses. A 10-second test to tell which you have.

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Tracking

How to track QR scans without a subscription

Count your scans for free with UTM tags and analytics you already run. No dying dynamic code, no monthly fee.

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Logos & scannability

How big can a QR code logo be?

Why the "20 to 30%" rule everyone repeats is wrong, and the simple rule that keeps a logo from killing the scan.

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Colors & contrast

QR code colors that actually scan

Which combos scan reliably and which quietly fail: the two rules, a works-and-fails table, and why inverted codes break.

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