Example 01
Details to follow — scan to save ours.
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Wedding QR codes
Save-the-date QR codes that still work next year.
Use a static QR code that points at a URL that will never change — for most couples, your wedding website's homepage. Save-the-dates go out 8 to 12 months ahead and sit on fridges until the wedding, and the dynamic codes that QR-service free trials hand out stop redirecting when the trial ends — a dead code on every magnet you mailed. No wedding website yet? Link your address-collection page instead, so the scan does something useful from day one.
Pick your link
What should your save-the-date code link to?
The whole decision is link stability: whatever you encode has to resolve for the next year without you touching it. Match your situation to the row below.
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Your wedding website is already live
Link the website's homepage — the root URL, nothing deeper. The homepage is the one address that survives a redesign. Don't link a specific subpage like /travel — pages get renamed as the site grows, and a moved page is a dead code. If you ever switch website builders, keep the same domain.
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No website yet, but you know where it will live
Claim the URL now and encode it. You don't need a finished website to print — you need a final address. Claim the domain or builder URL today, publish a one-page “details coming soon” placeholder, and the code starts resolving before the first magnet hits a mailbox.
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No website and no URL decided
Link your address-collection page as a custom URL. A Text My Wedding address-collection page gives guests something genuinely useful to do right now — confirm where their invitation should be mailed — and it never needs to move. Pick the custom URL option in the generator and paste that link.
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A QR service is offering you a free dynamic code
Don't take it — use a static code. Dynamic codes route every scan through the vendor's servers, and free trials cut the redirect after a couple of weeks. A static code encodes your URL directly in the pattern, so it works for as long as the magnet is on the fridge.
Set one
🧲 Magnet scan prompts
A magnet lives on the fridge for a year, so the code gets scanned again and again as guests plan. Keep the prompt to one or two short lines — the names and date carry the design.
Example 02
We're on your fridge until the wedding. Scan to see how the planning's going.
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Example 03
The date's set. The rest is in progress. Scan to follow along as we plan.
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Example 04
This magnet holds the date. The code holds everything else.
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Example 05
Your invitation travels by mail — scan to make sure we have your address.
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Example 06
Scan once now, skip the “wait, when is it?” text later.
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A code that outlives your planning timeline
Paste the one URL that won't change, pick magnet or A7 card size, and download a print-ready static code. Free, generated right in your browser — the link never leaves this page, and the code still works when it's scanned a year from now.
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📮 A7 card scan prompts
On a 5×7 card the front stays clean — photo, names, date — and the back carries the code with a prompt like these. Three short lines is the ceiling.
Example 07
Save the date — details to follow. Scan for our wedding website, updated as we plan.
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Example 08
We picked the date. We're still picking everything else. Scan to watch it come together.
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Example 09
Traveling to celebrate with us? Scan for hotel blocks and travel details as we book them.
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Example 10
Scan for the details — or type the web address printed below. Same page, either way.
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Example 11
Formal invitation to follow. Help us address yours — scan to confirm where to send it.
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Example 12
No gifts, no RSVPs, nothing to do yet — just scan, save the date, and watch this space.
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Where it goes
Where should the code go on a save the date?
Save-the-dates are less formal than invitations, so the code has more welcome spots — but the front of the design still isn't one of them.
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The back of the A7 card
The default, and the etiquette-safe one. The front stays photo, names, and date; the back carries a code around 1 inch wide with a two-line prompt. Guests flip the card over exactly once, and that's all a scan needs.
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A corner of the magnet
Put the code on the largest flat area clear of the photo — a 1 inch code fits comfortably on a 4×6 or 4.25×5.5 magnet. On small business-card magnets a scannable code eats the whole design; skip it there and let a card in the same envelope carry it.
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On a photo save-the-date
Never print the code over the photo itself — busy backgrounds break scans. Reserve a solid light band below or beside the image and set the code there, quiet zone intact.
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Digital save-the-dates
If your save-the-date goes out by email or text, use a plain tappable link instead of a QR code. A code on a phone screen can't be scanned by the phone displaying it — QR codes are for paper.
Print rules
Printing a code that scans for a year
A save-the-date code has to survive its printing and a year on the fridge. Four rules cover it.
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Keep the code at 0.8 inches or larger
That's the floor for older phone cameras at arm's length. On a 4×6 magnet or 5×7 card, aim for about 1 inch — the design can spare it, and every extra eighth of an inch makes the scan more forgiving.
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Dark code on a light background
Photo save-the-dates are the biggest offender: a code screened over sky or foliage won't scan. Set the code in a solid white or cream band, and leave the white quiet zone around it untouched.
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Go matte, even on magnets
Photo magnets default to gloss, and gloss throws glare under exactly the kitchen lighting where this code lives. Order a matte or satin finish and the scan works from any angle.
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Print the URL under the code
One small line — the web address itself. It's the fallback for guests who don't scan, and it's insurance: even if a scan ever fails, the destination is right there in ink.
Avoid these
Save-the-date QR mistakes that surface months later
These are the mistakes you don't discover at the printer — you discover them next spring, when a guest scans a year-old magnet and gets nothing.
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Using a dynamic code from a free trial
The classic trap. QR-service free tiers issue dynamic codes that redirect through their servers, and the redirect dies when the trial ends after 14 or 30 days — your save-the-date gets scanned at month eight. Static codes like the ones our generator makes encode the link itself and never expire.
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Linking a page that's going to move
A /travel subpage, a draft URL from a website builder, a page you might rename — over 8 to 12 months, deep links rot. Encode the root URL of a domain you control and change whatever you like behind it.
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Printing the run before test-scanning one proof
By the time you learn the foil-pressed code doesn't scan, 150 magnets are in the mail. Print one proof at final size and scan it with more than one phone before approving the order.
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No URL printed as a fallback
Some guests can't or won't scan — often the same relatives you most want at the wedding. One printed line with the web address under the code means nobody is locked out by a camera app.
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Waiting for a finished website when you only need a final URL
Couples delay their save-the-dates for a website that's 20% done. The code doesn't care what's published yet — claim the URL, print now, and build the site while the magnets hang.
Free & instant
Make your save-the-date QR code
Paste your wedding website link — or your address-collection page if the site isn't up yet — pick magnet or A7 card size, and download a crisp code. Static and generated in your browser: the link never leaves this page, and the code never expires.
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Wedding QR code generatorFree forever · runs entirely in your browser
Paste your wedding website's home page — one code covers schedule, travel, and registry.
Private by design: the link you enter never leaves your browser — the code is generated on this page. It's a static code, so it never expires and there's nothing to renew.
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Good to know
Save the date QR code questions
Should I put a QR code on my save the date?
If you have somewhere useful to send guests — a wedding website or an address-collection page — yes. The Knot reports 49% of couples put a QR code on their save-the-dates or invitations in 2024, up from 20% in 2022, so guests now expect them. Keep the front of the design clean, put the code on the back or a corner, and print the URL beneath it for guests who don't scan.
What should a save-the-date QR code link to?
Your wedding website's homepage — the root URL, not a subpage that might get renamed as the site grows. If the website doesn't exist yet, link your address-collection page instead: guests confirm where their invitation should be mailed, which is the one thing you actually need from them this far out. Whatever you choose, it must be an address that won't change for a year.
Will the QR code still work when the wedding is a year away?
A static code will — it encodes your URL directly in the pattern, so it works for as long as the paper exists. The codes that die are dynamic ones from QR-service free trials: they redirect through the vendor's servers, and when the trial ends after a couple of weeks, every printed code goes dark. Our free generator only makes static codes, so expiry is impossible.
What if we don't have a wedding website yet?
You have two good options. If you know where the site will live, claim that URL now, publish a one-page placeholder, and encode it — the full site can follow months later. If you haven't decided on a builder or domain, encode your address-collection page as a custom URL instead; it's useful to guests immediately and never has to move.
How big should the QR code be on a magnet or card?
Never smaller than 0.8 inches square, and about 1 inch is the comfortable target on a 4×6 magnet or 5×7 card. On small business-card magnets a scannable code overwhelms the design — leave it off and put the code on a card in the same envelope. Always test-scan one printed proof at final size before approving the run.
Is a QR code on a save the date tacky?
Save-the-dates are the informal announcement, so a QR code raises far fewer eyebrows here than on a formal invitation. The etiquette that matters: keep it off the front of the design, give it its own spot on the back or a corner, and print the URL under it so guests who won't scan aren't left out. A code with no fallback is the only version guests actually complain about.
Can I use the same QR code on my invitations later?
Yes — and it's a point in favor of linking a stable URL now. A static code is just your URL in pattern form, so the same code works on the save-the-date, the invitation enclosure card, and a welcome sign, as long as the destination doesn't change. Regenerate it at each print size rather than scaling one image, so every version stays crisp.
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.