Example 01
Save our date — 09.18.2027 Scan for travel details as we add them Invitation to follow
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Wedding QR codes
Wedding QR codes: pick the destination, then print
A wedding QR code should open whichever page guests need at the moment they see it: your wedding website on save-the-dates and invitations, your RSVP page on the reply card, your photo album at the reception, and the day-of schedule in the program. Almost half of couples now print one — 49% put a code on their save-the-dates or invitations in 2024, per The Knot, up from 20% in 2022 — and the ones that work start with the destination, not the design.
The decision map
What should your wedding QR code link to?
Match the destination to the paper guests are holding. These four moments cover nearly every code printed at a wedding — and each row's guide goes deeper.
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Save-the-dates, mailed months out
Your wedding website. It's the only destination guaranteed to still be right 8–12 months after printing — travel, schedule, and registry all live behind one home-page link. The save-the-date QR guide below covers link stability for codes printed up to a year early.
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The invitation suite
Your wedding website or RSVP page. Website code on the details or enclosure card; RSVP code on the reply card so guests answer in seconds — and anyone who can't scan can RSVP by text instead. The invitations guide covers placement and etiquette; the RSVP guide covers the mechanics.
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Reception tables and signs
Your photo-upload page. Dinner is the highest-scan moment of the whole wedding — a table-card code fills your album with guest photos, and guests who can't scan text theirs by MMS instead. The photos guide is the deep dive: sizes, sign wording, and every placement.
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The ceremony program
The day-of schedule. A footer-strip code opens a live schedule that can change after the programs are printed. The programs guide weighs paper against a live page — and the wording guide has a scan prompt to print beside any code on this list.
Placement one
💌 Save-the-date & invitation codes
Codes that ride on stationery printed months ahead. Link your wedding website or RSVP page — never a link that might change — and keep the code on the back or an enclosure card, off the invitation's face.
Example 02
We're getting married! Scan for the where, the when, and everything in between.
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Example 03
All the details, one scan away — schedule, directions, dress code, and registry.
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Example 04
Kindly reply by the first of May Scan to RSVP in seconds — or simply text us your answer.
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Pick what the code should open, paste the link, and download it sized for the exact spot it will be printed. Free, in your browser — the link never leaves this page, and the static code never expires.
Placement two
🥂 Reception table & sign codes
The highest-scan placements of the night. Photo upload is the destination that earns the table space — with a printed fallback line for the guests who won't scan.
Example 05
Welcome to our wedding! Tonight you are all our photographers — scan to add every picture to one shared album.
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Example 06
You've got the best seat in the house. Scan to share what you see tonight — can't scan? Text us your photos instead.
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Example 07
Request a song Scan to add yours to tonight's playlist before the dance floor opens.
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Example 08
Our guest book is an album. Scan, add a photo of yourself tonight, and write us a note to go with it.
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Placement three
📖 Program & day-of codes
Small codes on the paper guests hold during the ceremony. Link the live schedule or the livestream — pages that stay useful even when timings shift after printing.
Example 09
Scan for the day's schedule — if anything shifts, this page always has the latest.
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Example 10
Phones away for the vows, please. Afterward, scan here to follow the rest of the day's schedule.
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Example 11
Celebrating from afar? Scan to join our ceremony livestream — we're so glad you're here, wherever here is.
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Example 12
Your presence is our present — but if you'd like to browse anyway, scan for our registry.
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Where it goes
Where should a wedding QR code appear?
Four surfaces cover nearly every wedding QR code. The rule that never changes: the code goes where guests have time to scan — and never on the invitation's face.
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The invitation — back or bottom corner only
The invitation front stays clean; that's the one etiquette rule everyone agrees on. A 0.9 in code on the back or in a lower corner keeps the formality intact and still gets scanned at the kitchen counter.
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An enclosure or details card
The etiquette-safe workhorse of the suite. Website and RSVP codes belong here — a small card whose whole job is logistics can carry a code proudly instead of hiding it.
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Reception signs and table cards
The biggest codes and the most scans. A 3.5 in code on the welcome sign catches everyone once; 1.75 in table cards keep working all night. This is photo-upload territory — guests are seated, phones out.
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The ceremony program
A 1 in code in the footer strip links the day-of schedule or a post-ceremony photo prompt. It pairs naturally with an unplugged-ceremony note: no phones during the vows, scan after.
The default destination
The wedding website QR code, done right
When in doubt, link the website. It's the one page that answers schedule, travel, dress code, and registry at once — which is why it's the destination our generator preselects.
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Link the home page, not a subpage
Subpages get renamed and rebuilt as you edit the site; the home address survives every change. One home-page code printed in March still works perfectly in December.
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One code can serve every printing
Because the website covers everything, the same code works on the save-the-date magnet, the invitation back, and the welcome sign. Generate it once, download each print size, and every scan lands in the same place.
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Make it a static code
A static code encodes your website address directly in the pattern, so it works as long as the site does. Dynamic codes route through a QR company's servers and die when the free trial ends — the worst possible failure on stationery you mailed months ago.
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Keep the registry behind the website
Etiquette keeps registry links off the invitation itself. Let the website's registry page do that job — the website code carries it implicitly, no separate registry code required.
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Print the address under the code
One short line — your website URL in plain text — means guests who can't scan can still type. Every code should leave a door open for the guest without a camera app.
Avoid these
Wedding QR code mistakes couples regret
Every one of these shows up at real weddings, and every one is avoidable before the print run.
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Putting the code on the invitation front
The face of the invitation is the one place a code reads as tacky — it turns formal stationery into an ad. Use the back, an enclosure card, or reception paper instead.
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Using a trial-gated dynamic code
Free tiers of dynamic-QR services expire the redirect after a couple of weeks — guests scan a dead code at your wedding. Static codes like the ones our free generator makes encode the link directly and never expire.
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Printing it too small
Below about 0.8 inches, older phone cameras give up. Keep invitation codes at 0.9 in, table cards near 1.75 in, and signs at 3.5 in or more — then test-scan one printed proof before ordering the run.
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Giving non-scanners no way in
Some guests can't or won't scan, and they still need to RSVP and share photos. Print one fallback line under every code — with Text My Wedding they can RSVP by text and send photos by MMS, so nothing depends on the scan.
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Linking a page that will change
A code is only as durable as its link. Codes printed months out should point at your website's home page — not a schedule subpage, a shortened URL, or anything a redesign might rename.
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Keep exploring
More wedding QR codes
QR code for wedding picturesGuests scan, snap, and share into one album→QR code for wedding RSVPsFrom printed invitation to a reply in seconds→QR codes on wedding invitationsPlacement, etiquette, and what goes where→Save the date QR codesLinks that still work a year after you print→Wedding QR code wordingTwenty scan prompts you can copy→Wedding program QR codesPaper program, live day-of schedule→
Good to know
Wedding QR code questions
What should a wedding QR code link to?
Whichever page guests need at the moment they see the code. On save-the-dates and invitations, that's your wedding website; on the reply card, your RSVP page; on reception tables and signs, your photo-upload page; in the program, the day-of schedule. One wedding usually prints two or three codes, each with its own destination.
Should I make a QR code for my wedding registry?
Usually not as its own printed code. Etiquette keeps registry links off the invitation entirely — the registry belongs on your wedding website, so a website code carries it without saying so. If you do want a dedicated registry code for a shower invitation or a details card, the generator's any-link preset makes one in seconds, and the same placement rules apply: never on the invitation front.
Do wedding QR codes expire?
Static codes never expire — the link is encoded in the pattern itself, so the code works as long as the page it points to exists. Dynamic codes from QR-code services route every scan through the company's servers, and free-trial codes stop working when the trial ends. For stationery printed months before the wedding, only a static code is safe, and that's the only kind our free generator makes.
Are QR codes on wedding invitations tacky?
Not when they're placed well — 49% of couples printed one on their save-the-dates or invitations in 2024, up from 20% in 2022, so guests now expect them. The etiquette line is placement: keep the code off the invitation front, put it on the back or an enclosure card, and offer a non-scanning alternative like replying by text. Our invitations guide covers the details card by card.
How do I make a QR code for my wedding for free?
Use the free generator on this site: choose what the code should open — photo sharing, RSVP, wedding website, or any link — paste the address, pick where it will be printed, and download the PNG or SVG. There's no sign-up and no watermark, the code is generated in your browser, and it never expires.
What about guests who can't scan a QR code?
Plan for them — they're often the guests with the best photos and the slowest RSVPs. Print one fallback line under every code, and make the fallback texting: with Text My Wedding, guests RSVP by text message and send photos by MMS, and both land in the same guest list and album as the scans. No other setup covers the non-scanners this cleanly.
How big does a wedding QR code need to be?
Never smaller than about 0.8 inches printed. Use 0.9 in on an invitation back or corner, 1.1–1.25 in on save-the-date magnets and cards, 1.75 in on reception table cards, 1 in on a program footer, and 3.5 in or more on signs guests scan from a distance. Always test-scan one printed proof at final size before the full order.
Print the code once.
Let the texts do the rest.
Guests scan to share photos and RSVP — and anyone who can't scan just texts instead. Text My Wedding collects both automatically, and your static code never expires.