QR Cake generator
This website QR code generator turns any URL into a QR code. Save it to a free account and you can point the printed code at a new page anytime. Download it without signing up and you get a static code that goes straight to your URL but can never change.
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Copy the full address of the page you want the code to open, such as your homepage, a product listing, or a booking page, and paste it into the Website URL field. It needs to start with https://. If it is missing, QR Cake adds it for you, automatically as you type or with one click when you continue.
Pick colors or a gradient, dot and corner styles, and a logo in the middle, then add a frame with a short call to action, such as 'Scan for menu'. QR Cake checks the preview as you go and warns you if the design may not scan.
Save the code to a free account to make it dynamic, so you can change the URL later from your dashboard, then download it as PNG, SVG, JPEG, or WebP. If you download without saving, you get a static code that points straight at your URL and can never be edited.
Put one on a restaurant poster that opens today's specials page.
Print on product packaging to open assembly instructions, warranty registration, or a loyalty program.
Place on a business card to open a personal portfolio, LinkedIn profile, or calendar booking link.
Add to a vehicle wrap or van door so people nearby can open your service page and request a quote.
Print on receipts and invoices to open a feedback form, a returns page, or your online store.
Stick on conference badges so attendees can open a speaker bio or session schedule with one scan.
Display in-store on shelf-edge signage linking to full product specs, reviews, or a stock-check page.
Print on event flyers that open an RSVP form before the event and the photo gallery afterward, using the same saved code.
Restaurants put website QR codes on table tents and door decals that open the current online menu. When the menu changes with the season, they update the link in the dashboard and leave the printed tents and window signs as they are.
Retailers print website QR codes on hang tags and packaging that open the matching product page. When a product is discontinued or its URL changes, they point the code at the replacement or a sale collection, and the tags already in stores keep working.
Agents put QR codes on yard signs and window cards that open the full listing with photos, floor plans, and a virtual tour. When the home sells, they repoint the code to a similar listing instead of leaving buyers on a dead page.
Event organizers print website QR codes on lanyards, posters, and programs that open the live agenda or a session page. After the event, the same codes can open the recordings page, so none of the signage needs replacing.
Accountants, lawyers, and consultants add website QR codes to brochures and business cards that open a service page, a booking calendar, or a client portal. When a service or a job title changes, they update the link instead of reprinting the cards.
Agencies put website QR codes on billboards, postcards, and magazine ads that open campaign landing pages. A separate code per placement keeps scan counts apart in the Pro and Business analytics, and any code can move to a new landing page mid-campaign.
When someone scans a website QR code, the phone's camera reads the link inside it, and one tap opens the page in the default browser. With a saved QR Cake code, that link is a short QR Cake address that forwards to whatever destination you have set. On the free plan a brief ad page shows first; paid plans go straight to your page.
QR Cake also makes static codes. Download a website QR code without saving it and your URL is written straight into the pattern: scans go directly to your site with no QR Cake page in between, but the code can never be changed or tracked. Save it to your account instead and it becomes dynamic, so you can change the destination from your dashboard at any time, for example to move flyers already in circulation from an expired offer to a live one.
Choose static only for an address that will never change and that you'll never need to measure, like your homepage on a business card. Choose dynamic for anything printed in quantity or tied to a menu, price, event, or campaign, where a moved page would leave a dead code in circulation. For several links on one screen, a Link list QR code fits better.
| Website URL QR | Link List QR | PDF QR | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Destination | One web page at the URL you enter | A QR Cake page listing several links | A PDF you upload, opened in the browser |
| Destination editable after print | Yes, if saved (a static download can't change) | Yes, edit the links anytime | Yes, replace the PDF anytime |
| Best suited to | Directing visitors to one specific page | Sharing multiple links (social, booking, contact) | Sharing documents, catalogs, or brochures |
| Requires a website or URL | Yes, you supply the URL | No, QR Cake hosts the page | No, QR Cake hosts the PDF |
| Scan analytics (Pro and Business plans) | Scans, country, device, time | Scans, country, device, time | Scans, country, device, time |
| Typical use cases | Menus, product pages, campaign landing pages | Bio links, social profiles, multiple offers | Price lists, instruction manuals, event programs |
A website QR code (also called a URL QR code) is a QR code that opens a web page when someone scans it with a phone. When you save one to QR Cake, it is dynamic: the printed pattern holds a short QR Cake link, so you can change the page it opens without reprinting. That suits menus, offers, forms, and campaign pages that change over time.
The QR type is already selected. Add your content, style the code, then save it to a free account to get a dynamic QR code you can update anytime.
Make a website QR codeAny public web address that starts with https://. It doesn't have to be your own site: a Google Drive or Dropbox share link, an Eventbrite listing, a booking page, or a URL with query strings or UTM parameters all work. If you paste an http:// address, QR Cake offers to switch it to https://, so the site must support HTTPS. Pages behind a login, or links that only open inside an app, fail for most people who scan.
Paste the link into QR Cake's website QR code generator, style the code, then save or download it. Copy the full address from your browser into the Website URL field and add colors, a logo, or a frame if you want them. Save it to a free account for a dynamic code you can edit later, or download it without saving for a static code that can never change. Downloads come as PNG, SVG, JPEG, or WebP.
Yes, on QR Cake's Pro and Business plans. Scan analytics show total scans, scans over time by hour or day, country, device type, operating system and browser, busiest hours, a live feed of scans as they happen, and a side-by-side comparison of two codes. The Free and Basic plans don't include analytics, and a static code downloaded without saving can't be tracked, because its scans never pass through QR Cake.
Yes, if the code is saved to your QR Cake account. Open it in your dashboard, replace the URL, and save, and the same printed code opens the new page from the next scan. A code you downloaded without saving is static: the URL is built into the pattern, so it can't be changed and the only fix is a new print.
The code still scans, but people land on whatever the broken page shows, usually an error. If the code is saved to your QR Cake account, you can point it at a working page from the dashboard right away, with no reprint. A static code has no such fix: you either restore the original URL or print a new code. For large print runs, set up uptime monitoring on the landing page.
Yes. QR Cake's free plan lets you save up to 5 dynamic QR codes with unlimited scans and no credit card, and the codes don't expire. On the free plan, each scan first shows a short QR Cake page with a brief ad and a few-second countdown before your website opens. Paid plans start at $2.99 a month and skip that page. Downloading a static code needs no account at all.
For a saved (dynamic) code, the camera preview shows a short QR Cake link, not your own URL. That short link is what the code stores; your address appears in the browser once your page loads, after a short QR Cake page on the free plan. A static code previews your own URL, because the address is written straight into the pattern.
No, not with QR Cake. A saved website QR code keeps working as long as your account exists, on the free plan too, and there is no trial after which it stops. A static code never expires either, because it holds your URL directly. What can stop working is the page behind the code, so keep the destination online.