WhatsApp QR code generator

It is a QR code containing a wa.me link. Scanning it opens WhatsApp with a chat to your number already started, so nobody has to save your contact or type the number in. It works from the built-in camera on both iPhone and Android.

Enter your number with its country code above and the code appears immediately. Add a first message if you want one pre-typed. Then download it: PNG for anything on a screen, SVG or EPS for print.

Yes, with no account, no watermark and no limit. The codes never expire and are not tracked or routed through us, because the code contains your wa.me link directly rather than a redirect we own.

No. It encodes your link directly, so there is no service in the middle that could stop working or start charging. It keeps working for as long as that WhatsApp number is active.

Yes, and it is worth doing. A pre-filled message removes the awkward first line and tells you where the scan came from, if you give each poster or table card a slightly different one. The sender can still edit it before sending.

SVG or EPS. Both are vector, so they stay sharp at any size, and printers usually ask for one of them. PNG is fine for a screen or a social post but will look soft if it is blown up to poster size.

Yes, phone cameras handle screens fine as long as brightness is reasonable and there is no strong glare. It is a common way to use these in a video call or a webinar slide.

Every printed code stops working, because the number is inside the image. If that is a real risk, point the QR at a short link you control and update the redirect when the number changes. Nothing you have printed needs reprinting then.

Not with a plain QR code, since the scan goes straight to WhatsApp without touching anything of ours. The practical workaround is a different pre-filled message per placement, so the first line of each conversation tells you where it came from.

The WhatsApp Business app can generate a code with a pre-filled message too, but you get it as a screen image rather than a print file, and only for a Business account. This gives you print-ready SVG and EPS, full control of colour and size, and it works with a normal WhatsApp number.

No. The code opens a chat with whatever number you enter, whether that is on regular WhatsApp, WhatsApp Business or the API. Nothing has to be set up on your side first.

Anywhere someone is already looking at something physical and might have a question: packaging inserts, table cards, shelf edges, receipts, delivery notes and event signage. They work far less well on a moving vehicle or anything a person walks past quickly.