Dynamic QR Code

This plugin is a dynamic QR code generator

A dynamic QR code?
Yes, the core idea is that information associated with the QR code is managed by the plugin rather than being encoded directly within the QR code itself: this is, in essence, the definition of a dynamic QR code.

In other words, Dynamic QR Code allows you to change the information linked to a QR code without having to alter the QR code itself.
Additionally, scans of the QR codes are tracked and available for statistical analysis.

Let’s be straightforward with a few simple examples:

SCENARIO: you want to store the web page of the pharmacy in duty in a QR code.
PROBLEM: the pharmacy changes with each shift, and you can’t (or don’t want to) rebuild and reprint the QR code every time.
SOLUTION: Dynamic QR Code allows you to change the pharmacy webpage URL without modifying the QR code itself.

SCENARIO: you want customers to be redirected to your current promotion webpage after scanning the QR codes you distributed to your resellers.
PROBLEM: the page URL changes frequently for various reason (e.g. you want to promote different products without continuously modifying the same webpage) but you don’t want to waste time rebuilding, reprinting and resending QR codes to your resellers.
SOLUTION: Dynamic QR Code permits you to change the redirect URL to your current promotion page without modifying the QR code image.

SCENARIO: you want to track the scans of your QR code to analyze data and gather statistical information.
PROBLEM: there’s no easy way to track the activity of people who scan static QR codes.
SOLUTION: Dynamic QR Code automatically tracks the scans and lets you download the data for statistical analysis.

SCENARIO: you want your customers to scan a QR code to view your restaurant’s menu.
PROBLEM: the menu changes every day of the week, so you would need 7 different QR codes would to cover the entire week.
SOLUTION: Dynamic QR Code generates a single QR code that redirects your customers to the appropriate menu depending on the day of the week.

Types of scenarios for dynamic QR codes

• You need a QR code with a link that can be modified without changing the QR code image.
• You need to track how many times your QR code has been scanned.
• You need a QR code that redirects users to different URLs depending on the date or on the day of the week.
• You need a webpage that can only be accessed by scanning a QR code.
• You need a QR code that can be scanned a limited number of times.
• You need a QR code that opens a Facebook/Instagram/LinkedIn profile directly in the Facebook/Instagram/LinkedIn app (PRO feature).

Examples:

• You want to track when customers open your products: print on them a dynamic QR code for something appealing for to customers (e.g. a giveaway lottery, a discount coupon, etc.) and gather the statistics.
• You want to provide additional product information through videos that can change over time: use a dynamic QR code that redirects to the current video.
• You want to measure customer engagement in your physical stores: dynamic QR codes allow you to track the user activity.
• You want to measure the effectiveness of your marketing campaigns in the physical world: dynamic QR codes enable you be able to do so.
• You want to provide information about your weekly program: use a dynamic QR code to show the schedule for the current day.
• You want to display a prize voucher only to people that enter in your shop(s) and scan a QR code.
• You want to open a YouTube video directly in the YouTube app (PRO feature).

See the online manual for details.

Getting started

From the Dynamic QR Code plugin console, create a new QR-Code item:

• enter a short description (something useful to you)
• enter a unique key, i.e. a sequence of characters that has never been used for another QR-Code
• set the redirect URL:
  • selecting a page/article of the WP website
  • entering a custom URL

  Then use the QR-URL generated by the plugin to create the image of your QR code, or just download the image generated in the plugin page.

  » Check the online manual for details «

  Note
  If you need to create QR-Codes with the same key, you have to activate the ‘Disable unique keys’ option on the Settings page: in this case, identical keys will generate identical qr code images and the redirect URL will be chosen either randomly or based on the conditions set in the QR-Code.

  Read the full description on the official page →