WhatsApp QR Code Generator
Your number as a code: scan it and a WhatsApp chat with you opens, message ready. Or a code for your group or channel.
Type it any way — with spaces, a leading 0 or a +code. Scanning the code opens a chat with this number.
Type your number and this becomes your code
The dimmed code is a working sample — it opens wa.me.
- Squares
- 25×25
- QR version
- 2
- Link length
- 14 chars
The JPG is for WhatsApp status, printing shops and anything that refuses other formats; the PNG keeps a transparent background; the SVG scales to a banner without a blur. Nothing is uploaded — the code is drawn on this page.
How it works
How to create a WhatsApp QR code?
Type your number — or paste a group link
Pick the country and type the number any way you like; the leading 0 and a repeated country code are fixed for you. For a group or channel, switch to the second tab and paste its invite link.
Add a message, if you want one
It waits in the scanner’s chat box, ready to send — “Hi, I’d like to book a table” turns a scan into an enquiry with no typing. Keep it short: every word makes the code denser.
Style it
Dots or classic squares, WhatsApp green or your own colours, and a chat bubble in the middle so people know the scan leads to WhatsApp.
Scan it, then download
Point your phone at the preview to test it, then take a JPG, PNG or SVG. The code never expires — there is no service in between.
What it can open
What a WhatsApp QR code can open
A QR code only carries text — here, a WhatsApp link. What the scan opens depends on which link goes in. Your number is the first tab; everything else can be pasted into the second. Only need the link itself, for a bio or an ad? Create a wa.me link for your number instead.
| Code for | Link inside | A scan opens |
|---|---|---|
| Your number | wa.me/919876543210 | A chat with you, ready to type in. The number is visible in the chat, as with any WhatsApp message. |
| Your number + a message | wa.me/919876543210?text=Hi… | The same chat, with your message waiting in the box. Nothing is sent until they press send. |
| A group | chat.whatsapp.com/… | The group’s join screen. Resetting the invite link in Group info kills every code made from the old one. |
| A channel | whatsapp.com/channel/… | The channel, with its Follow button. Followers never see your number. |
| A Business short link | wa.me/message/… | A chat with the business, without the number written in the code. Made in the WhatsApp Business app under Business tools → Short link. |
| A catalogue | wa.me/c/919876543210 | The business’s product catalogue inside WhatsApp. |
In-app code vs this one
Why not just use the QR code in WhatsApp?
WhatsApp has its own code, under Settings → the QR icon next to your name. It is a contact code: scanned inside WhatsApp it adds you as a contact, and you can reset it whenever you like. It is fine for handing your phone to a friend. It is less good on a poster: it cannot carry a message, it cannot be restyled, and a customer who scans it with a normal camera gets a link rather than a chat.
The code made here is a click-to-chat code — WhatsApp’s own wa.me link, drawn as a QR code. Any phone camera opens it straight into a chat with you, with your opening message already typed, and it comes out at print size in your colours.
Where it pays off
Where a WhatsApp QR code earns its place
The counter, a table tent, the shop window
Customers already have the phone out. One scan and they are in a chat with you — no saving a number, no spelling it over a noisy counter. Add “Hi, I’d like to order” and the first message writes itself.
Packaging, invoices and delivery slips
A code on the box is where reorders and after-sales questions go. A message like “Order #___” helps you match the chat to the sale.
A group for a class, a society or an event
Paste the group’s invite link and print the code on the notice board or the first slide. When the event is over, reset the link and the code stops letting anyone in.
Business cards and email signatures
A code people can scan instead of typing your number. Going on a card alongside Instagram? make a QR code for your Instagram profile too, and put them side by side.
Getting it scanned
Making a code that scans first time
Print it at least 2 cm wide for a card and 10 cm for a window — roughly a tenth of the distance it will be scanned from — and keep the white border around it. Take the SVG for anything large. A long message makes the code denser, so on a small print keep it to a few words, and scan the preview with your own phone before a single file is printed.
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