QR Codes

Create customizable QR codes that link to your Liinks page or any external URL. QR codes are great for print materials, business cards, event signage, and more. Every code you make is designed in QR Studio, a live-preview editor with presets, brand colors, logos, and frames, plus a built-in scannability check so you never print a code that won't scan.

How to create a QR code

1. Go to the QR Codes tab in your admin dashboard.
2. Click Create QR Code and choose the type of code: Dynamic (tracked and editable) or Static (fixed forever). See Tracking: static vs. dynamic codes below for the difference. Your new code opens straight in QR Studio.
3. Set where the code should point (see Destination below), give it a name, then design it however you like.
4. Click Save to keep your changes, or Export to download the code (exporting saves your changes first).

Every profile comes with a Page QR code that links to your page. It's always there and can't be deleted, but you can restyle it in QR Studio just like any other code. You can create as many additional QR codes as you need, and each one shows up in the QR Codes list with a live thumbnail, its name, and where it points.

Naming your codes

Names help you tell your codes apart, both in the QR Codes list and in the files you download. A new code starts with a numbered name like "Link QR code 3". On a computer, that name is already selected when QR Studio opens, so you can type a new one straight away.

To rename a code later, open it and click its name at the top of QR Studio (the field with the pencil icon), type the new name, then click Save. Names can be up to 80 characters. Your Page QR code keeps its fixed name.

Setting the destination

At the top of QR Studio, choose where your code sends people:

• My Liinks page — Opens your Liinks page.
• A web link — Opens any custom URL you enter in the Destination URL field.

If your code is dynamic, you can change its destination at any time, even after it's printed: the printed code keeps working and simply points to the new URL. Static codes have their destination baked in and can't be repointed after they're created, and your Page QR code always points to your page. See Tracking: static vs. dynamic codes below for the difference and which one you get.

Designing your code in QR Studio

QR Studio shows a live preview of your code that updates as you make changes. Work through the styling sections in any order.

Start with a look

Pick one of the ready-made presets (Classic, Soft, Dots, Ink, Midnight, Sunset, Royal, Forest, Prism, Bold, and Halo) to restyle your whole code in one click, then tweak from there. Applying a preset changes the design but keeps your logo.

Match My Page

Click Match My Page to instantly pull your page's theme colors and page logo into the code so it looks like it belongs with the rest of your Liinks page.

Pattern

Choose the shape of the code's dots (modules): Square, Dots, Rounded, Fluid, or Diamond.

Corner eyes

The three large squares in the corners are the "eyes" that scanners use to find your code. You can style the eye frame and eye pupil shapes independently (Square, Rounded, Circle, or Leaf), and optionally give the eyes their own color.

Colors

• Use a single Code color, or turn on Gradient to blend a Gradient start and Gradient end color at an angle you set.
• Turn on Transparent background to export a code with no background fill, so it sits directly on whatever surface you place it on. If you do, keep that surface light and leave clear space around the code so it stays scannable.

Logo

Add a Center logo to brand your code. You can adjust the Logo size and the amount of Clear space behind it. Liinks automatically raises the code's error correction when you add a logo so the hidden data can still be recovered.

Frame

Wrap your code in a frame with an optional call to action:

• Label card — A rounded card around the code with an optional Top label and Bottom label (for example, "Scan me" and "to connect").
• Round frame — A Flowcode-style ring around the code, with optional curved top and bottom labels.

You can set the frame and label colors to match your design.

Advanced

Under Advanced, you can set the Error correction level. Higher levels survive more print wear and support bigger logos, but make the code denser. Auto (recommended) uses Medium, or High when you've added a logo, so you usually don't need to touch this.

The scannability meter

As you design, QR Studio continuously checks whether your code will actually scan and shows a status:

• Scannable — Good to go.
• Scannable, with warnings — It should work, but there's something worth improving.
• Will not scan reliably — There's a problem that needs fixing before you export.

If there's an issue (not enough contrast, faint corner eyes, a logo that's too big, and so on), the meter explains it and offers a one-click fix. When the meter is red, exporting is blocked until you resolve the issue, so a broken code never leaves the studio.

Exporting your code

Click Export to download your code. Before the file downloads, Liinks renders your exact design and scans it to confirm it decodes to the right destination, so what you print is guaranteed to work.

• PNG image — Choose a resolution of 1024, 2048, or 4096 pixels. Great for screens, social, and most print. Transparent backgrounds are supported.
• SVG — A true vector file that stays crisp at any size, with your logo embedded. Best for professional print.

The downloaded file is named after your code, so a code called "Event flyer" saves as event-flyer.png (or .svg). Your Page QR code saves as yourusername-page-qr-code.png. On a phone, the Export button shows just a download icon to leave room for the code's name.

Restyling never breaks your codes

You can redesign a QR code as often as you like. Restyling changes only how the code looks, never where it points, so any codes you've already printed or shared keep working exactly as before.

If you created a code before QR Studio existed, open it and choose Style in QR Studio to bring it into the new editor with its style converted over as a starting point.

QR code analytics

Track how many times each dynamic QR code has been scanned (static codes aren't tracked — see below). Click the analytics icon next to any code to open its analytics, where you'll see the scan count over time plus a Scan breakdown showing:

• Scan locations — The countries your scans are coming from.
• Scan devices — Whether people scanned on mobile, desktop, or tablet.

Location and device data for scans started being collected on June 13, 2026, so these breakdowns fill in over time and won't include older scans.

Tracking: static vs. dynamic codes

Every QR code is one of two types, shown in the Tracking section of QR Studio:

• Dynamic — The code sends people through Liinks before forwarding them on. That means you can change the destination at any time without reprinting, and every scan is tracked (see analytics above). This is the default for subscribers.
• Static — The destination is baked straight into the code's pattern. A static code works forever, even without a subscription, but it can't be repointed after it's created and its scans aren't tracked.

Dynamic codes require an active subscription. If you're not subscribed, new codes are created as static so they still work, and QR Studio offers to switch on tracking when you subscribe. If you created your account before November 2023, you may have legacy access to dynamic codes.

Want a code you can repoint and keep free of a second redirect? Point a QR code at one of your Short Links — the printed pattern never changes while you repoint the short link behind it.

When a dynamic code stops working

Because a dynamic code sends people through Liinks, it stops working (including on anything you've already printed) if:

• You delete the code. This can't be undone. If people have already scanned the code, the confirmation tells you how many times, so you know it's out in the world.
• Your subscription ends, whether you cancel or a payment fails. Your dynamic codes are paused until you subscribe again, unless you have legacy access. If any of them have been scanned, the cancellation screen lists them among the things you'll lose and asks you to confirm that they'll stop working.
• You delete your account. Your codes are deleted with it and can't be recovered. If any of your dynamic codes have been scanned, the delete-account dialog warns you how many.

While codes are paused, the QR Codes list marks them Paused and offers Subscribe to activate. For a paused code that points to a web link, you can also open it and create a static copy, which works without a subscription but isn't tracked.

Static codes keep sending people to their destination after your subscription ends, because the destination is built into the pattern. If that destination is your Liinks page, though, the page itself goes offline until you subscribe again.

Pricing

Static QR codes are available to everyone and work forever. Dynamic codes (repointable destinations plus scan tracking) are included with both Starter and Pro.