free static · dynamic on paid plans
URL QR code generator
Paste a link, style the code, download it. The code opens the page on any phone camera — no app, no sign-up, no expiry on a static code.
What a URL code does
A URL code carries a web address. The phone camera reads it, shows the link, and opens it in the browser with one tap.
A static URL code encodes the address itself, so it can never change. A dynamic one encodes a short link you own, and the destination behind it can change as often as you like after the print run.
Make it dynamic →- format
- a plain https:// link, read by every camera app since about 2017
- best for
- menus, product pages, sign-up forms, anything already on the web
- length
- shorter links make smaller, easier-to-scan codes
- tracking
- dynamic only: each scan counts, with time, city and device
How to make oneHow to make a URL QR code
- 01
Enter the website
Type it in the generator above. The preview rebuilds as you go.
- 02
Style the code
Colours, module shapes and a logo in the editor. Contrast is checked live.
- 03
Generate and test
Scan it with an iPhone and an Android before sending it anywhere.
- 04
Print at 14 mm or more
Keep four modules of quiet zone clear on every side.
QuestionsURL QR code questions
- Is the URL QR code generator free?
- Yes. Paste a link, pick colours and a pattern, and download a PNG or SVG. There is no account, no watermark and no expiry on a static URL code.
- Can I change the link after the code is printed?
- Not on a static code — the address is written into the modules. A dynamic code encodes a short link instead, and you can point that at a new page at any time without reprinting.
- Why is my QR code so dense?
- Every character adds modules. Long links with tracking parameters make a busy code that needs to be printed larger. Shorten the link, or use a dynamic code, which always encodes a short address.
- Does a static URL code expire?
- No. It works for as long as the page it points to exists, with or without a Dotwick account. We cannot switch it off.
- Can I see how many people scanned it?
- Only with a dynamic code. Each scan passes through the short link, which records the time, approximate city and device type — never the scanner’s IP address.
Templates for URL codes
Ready-made designs, scan-tested, for the industries that print this code. Pick one and make it yours.