The main types of QR code are: website links, social profiles (Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, LinkedIn, YouTube, Spotify), contact cards (vCard), phone, email, and text message, Wi-Fi login, map locations, and files such as PDFs, Google Drive documents, and forms. On EZQR every one of these is a static QR code you can make free, with no account; codes that EZQR hosts or lets you edit after printing are available with a plan.
Websites & social
Open a page, a profile, or a video the moment someone scans.
- Website Any web page - your site, shop, booking page, or reviews.
- Instagram Your profile, a post, or a reel, with the Instagram look built in.
- Facebook Your page, group, or event.
- TikTok Your TikTok profile or a single video.
- LinkedIn Your profile or company page - handy on a badge or résumé.
- YouTube A channel or a video.
- Spotify An artist, album, track, playlist, or podcast.
- Video Any video link - YouTube, Vimeo, Drive, or your own site - that opens and plays.
Contact, messaging & Wi-Fi
Save your details, start a call or message, or join a network - no typing.
- Business card (vCard) Name, phone, email, and company saved to their contacts in one tap.
- Phone number Opens the dialer with your number filled in.
- Email A new email to your address, with the subject and message pre-filled if you like.
- Text message (SMS) A text to your number with the message already written.
- FaceTime Starts a FaceTime call to your number or Apple ID.
- Wi-Fi Joins your network - guests scan instead of typing the password.
Places
Put a pin on the map and let people navigate straight there.
Files & forms
Open a document or a form on the phone.
With an EZQR plan
Codes whose content lives on EZQR, so you can change it after printing and see every scan.
Design & batch tools
Not a type of content - ways to make any of the above look, or scale, the way you need.
- Custom QR code Colours, dot shapes, corners, and a logo in the middle.
- Picture QR code A photo woven into a code that still scans.
- Heart & custom shapes A heart, circle, star, or maple leaf instead of a square.
- Bulk QR codes Hundreds of codes from a spreadsheet in one go.
- Print sheet One code repeated across a page, ready to cut out.
QR Code Types FAQ
What types of QR codes are there?
A QR code can open a website, a social profile (Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, LinkedIn, YouTube, Spotify), a video, a PDF or Google Drive file, a form, or a map location; it can save a contact card, start a phone call, email, text, or FaceTime call, or join a Wi-Fi network. With an EZQR plan a code can also open an app download page, a page of multiple links, or a hosted landing page.
Which types of QR code are free?
Every static QR code on EZQR is free forever - website, social, contact card, Wi-Fi, phone, email, text, location, and links to files you host yourself - with no watermark, no expiry, and no account. Codes whose content EZQR hosts or lets you edit after printing (uploaded PDFs, app download, multiple links, landing pages, and any dynamic code) require a plan.
What's the difference between a static and a dynamic QR code?
A static QR code has its content baked into the pattern, so it works forever without any service but can't be changed once printed. A dynamic QR code from EZQR points to a destination you can edit at any time, and counts every scan - so the printed code stays the same while what it opens changes.
How do I choose the right QR code type?
Start from what you want the person to end up with. If it is a page on the web, use a website or social code. If it is your details, use a business card (vCard) code. If it is a document, use a PDF or Google Drive code. If it is a place, use a Google Maps or location code. If it is your network, use a Wi-Fi code. Each generator asks only for the details that type needs.