QR Code for Wedding Photos: Make One for Free (2026)

With Momentshare's free demo, you can make a QR code for wedding photos that your guests scan to share their pictures and videos with you. Download the code as an SVG or PNG and put it on your table cards, a welcome sign or your invitations. Guests scan it with their phone camera and don't need an app or an account.

Making the code and trying it out is free. For the wedding day itself, you convert the demo to a package with a one-off price. The QR code you already have keeps working. Organising a different kind of party? Our complete guide to QR code photo sharing will suit you better.

In short

1. Create a free demo event for your wedding.
2. Set up the upload page. Guests don't need an app or an account.
3. Give the QR code a style of your own and download it as an SVG or PNG.
4. Design your table cards, a welcome sign and, if you like, your invitations. Scan a test print before you send anything off to the printer.
5. Put the code in several places and ask the best man or DJ to announce it.
6. Add a short line of wording so guests know what it's for.
7. After the wedding, download all the photos and videos in one go.

1. Create a free demo event for your wedding

Start with the free demo. Give your event a name, add your wedding date and choose a theme. Within a few minutes, you'll have your own event page with a QR code. The demo has all the Premium features and is valid for one month. It holds 50 photos or videos, which is plenty for trying it out with your partner, your parents or your best man and maid of honour.

Happy with it? Then convert the demo to a paid package. It only takes a few minutes, and you keep your QR code, your link and everything that's already been uploaded. That means you can put the code from the demo on your stationery straight away. Just make sure you convert it before the month is up. The pricing page shows which package suits your wedding and what it costs. Still weighing up different services? We've put them side by side in the 10 best wedding photo sharing apps for collecting guest photos.

2. Set up the page where guests upload their photos without an app

Anyone who scans the code lands on your own event page in their browser. There, a guest taps the upload button, picks photos and videos from their camera roll and that's it. Nobody has to install anything, and nobody has to leave a name or email address either. It works on iPhone and Android, so your uncle can join in as easily as your twelve-year-old niece. Curious what that looks like for guests? Read how Momentshare works.

Make the page recognisable, so guests can see straight away that they're in the right place. Pick a theme or design it yourself in the editor. There you can upload your own background photo, choose your colours and fonts, and decide where the upload button goes. A photo from your save-the-date makes a lovely background. Then run through these settings:

• Gallery on or off. With the gallery on, guests can see each other's photos. With it off, they can only upload, and only the two of you see everything.
• Personal messages. Guests can leave you a few words with their upload.
• Albums and guestbook (Premium and up). You could create one album for the ceremony and another for the evening reception, for example. Each album gets its own QR code. In the guestbook, guests write a message or record a spoken one, and they can add a selfie too.

3. Choose a style and download your QR code for wedding photos

Your QR code is already waiting for you under your event in your account. Tap Customize QR code to open a page where you give it a style of your own. A live preview shows exactly how it looks, and everything you choose is saved automatically.

• Shape and corners. For the little squares that make up the code, choose classic, rounded, dots or fluid. The three large squares in the corners can be square, rounded, round or leaf-shaped.
• Colour. The code is dark blue by default. You can also go for black, one of the other preset colours or a colour of your own to match your invitations. If you pick a colour that's too light, the page will warn you.
• Something in the middle. Put your initials, a heart or a photo of the two of you in the centre of the code. A slider makes it bigger or smaller. With an image in the middle, the code itself becomes slightly finer, so it still scans properly.

Using albums? Then choose at the top which album the code is for. An album can follow the event's style or have a style of its own.

Then download the code as an SVG or a PNG:

• SVG is a vector file that stays sharp at any size, from a table card to a sign a metre wide. It's the file to send to your printer or stationery designer, or to drop into your own design. It has no background and no white margin. So place the code on a light background and leave some space around it yourself.
• PNG is a regular 1000 × 1000 pixel image with a white margin around it. It's handy for a table card you print at home or an invitation you send digitally. For large signs, use the SVG.

A dark code on a light background scans best, so keep the contrast high. If you convert the demo to a package later, the code doesn't change. You only get a new QR code if you reset the event, and the old one then stops working. So never do that once your stationery has been printed.

4. Design and print table cards, a welcome sign and your invitations

Guests mostly scan a code when they're sitting down or standing still for a moment. At a wedding, three places have proved their worth:

• Table cards. Stand a folded A6 card or a card in a holder on every table, or add the code to your table numbers. Guests sit there for a long time during the wedding breakfast, and their phone is usually next to their plate anyway.
• A welcome sign at the entrance. Go for A3 or A2 on an easel, next to the guestbook or the cards and gifts table. Everyone walks past it.
• The invitation or order of service. That way guests have the code before the celebrations even begin. Anyone who scans it before the wedding sees a message that the event hasn't been published yet. The page opens automatically on your wedding date, so add a note that the code only works on the day itself.

When you design them, keep three things in mind:

• Size. On a table card, make the code at least 3 × 3 centimetres. If it's further away, a good rule of thumb is a tenth of the scanning distance. Someone standing two metres away will scan a 20-centimetre code without any trouble.
• Contrast and a clean background. Put a dark code on a plain, light background, with no photo or pattern behind it. Keep a white margin around it. Choose matt paper, because glossy paper and acrylic reflect the light from lamps, fairy lights and candles.
• Test scan. Print one proof at full size first. Scan it in dim light with an iPhone and an Android phone, from the distance your guests will be standing at. Does it work first time? Then you can order the full print run.

5. Where should the QR code go, and when?

Don't just put the code at the entrance. Guests pass it once, but most of the photos are taken later in the day, especially at the evening reception. These spots work well at a wedding:

• At the entrance, on the welcome sign.
• On every table during the wedding breakfast.
• By the photo booth or the props table. People are taking photos there anyway.
• At the bar, where guests queue for a drink and already have their phones out.
• On the big screen. With the live slideshow (Premium and up), new photos appear straight away on a TV or projector, alongside the QR code and a caption of your own. During the presentation, you can drag the code wherever you want it and make it bigger or smaller.

Putting the code out isn't enough on its own. Someone needs to announce it too. Ask your toastmaster, best man or DJ to mention it at the start of the wedding breakfast and again once the evening reception gets going, so your evening guests hear it as well. For example: "If you've taken any photos or videos today, scan the QR code on your table and pop them straight in. That way the happy couple can relive the whole day tomorrow." Planning an unplugged ceremony? Ask whoever is leading it to say so beforehand, and only put the codes out at the drinks reception.

6. Ready-made wording to go with your QR code

Without a word of explanation, guests will walk straight past a code. So add a short line that tells them what to do and that they don't need an app. Here are a few you can use just as they are:

• "Help us capture our day. Scan the code to add your photos and videos, no app needed."
• "You'll spot moments we miss today. Scan here and share them with us."
• "Got a good one? Don't leave it on your phone. Scan the code and send it our way."

On the invitation, you've got room for a little more: "Taking photos or videos at our wedding? Scan this code on the day and upload them as you go. Then we'll have every moment in one place."

7. Download all the photos and videos after the wedding

Guests can keep uploading after the wedding, for as long as your package runs. Lots of photos only come in the next day, when everyone's recovering on the sofa and scrolling through their camera roll. So send the link round once more after the party, in the group chat or by email. Our article on how to share photos via a link explains how that works, without anyone having to install anything.

In your account, you can download all the photos and videos in original quality as a ZIP file. Or copy them to your own Google Drive or Dropbox in one click. That works on every package. Remove any photos you don't want to keep first. Don't leave it too long, because the files are deleted when your event expires. You'll get a reminder by email two weeks beforehand, and another one two days before. Want more time? Then you can extend the event.

Common mistakes with a wedding QR code

• The code is too small or too far away. A code the size of a postage stamp, on a sign two metres away? Nobody's going to scan that. Stick to at least 3 centimetres and go bigger the further away your guests will be.
• Not testing before printing. A code on a busy background or in too pale a colour might look fine on your screen, but not in a dimly lit room. The same goes for a large image in the middle or a code without a white margin. So always scan a test print first.
• Poor Wi-Fi or no signal at the venue. In a barn, a country house with thick stone walls or a marquee in a field, the mobile signal often drops out. Ask the venue beforehand whether there's guest Wi-Fi, and put the network name and password on the card. Let guests know they can still upload later from home, too.
• Not converting the demo. The demo is for testing, not for the wedding day itself. Convert it to a package in good time. Your QR code stays the same.
• Resetting the event after printing. A reset gives you a new QR code, and the code on your stationery stops working.
• Only a sign at the entrance. Everyone walks past it once, usually before there's anything to photograph. Put the code on the tables and at the bar too.

Frequently asked questions about wedding QR codes

How do I make a QR code for wedding photos?

To make a QR code for wedding photos, create a free demo event on Momentshare and add your wedding date. Tap Customize QR code in your account to choose a shape and a colour, and add your initials or a heart in the middle if you like. Then download the code as an SVG for printed stationery or as a PNG for a card or invitation. Guests scan the code with their phone camera and upload their photos and videos in the browser. For the wedding day itself, you convert the demo to a package, and the QR code stays the same.

Do guests need to download an app?

No, guests don't need an app to upload their photos to Momentshare. They scan the QR code with their phone camera, and the event page opens in their browser. They can upload straight away, with no account and without leaving a name or email address. There is a Momentshare app for iOS and Android, but nobody has to install it.

Does the QR code work on iPhone and Android?

Yes, the Momentshare QR code works on both. On an iPhone, you simply scan it with the Camera app. Most Android phones can do it with the camera too, and if not, Google Lens will. The upload page opens in any modern browser, so it doesn't matter what phone someone has. You could also use a shared album on iPhone, but it's capped at 100 participants, which soon isn't enough for a wedding.

Who can see our wedding photos?

Only people with your Momentshare QR code or link can open your wedding page. Whether guests also see each other's photos is up to you. Switch the gallery off and they can only upload, while you two are the only ones who see everything. The files are kept in Momentshare's own environment in the EU, and you can delete any photos you'd rather not keep.

How long do the photos stay online?

With Momentshare, the photos stay online for one month on Starter, six months on Premium and twelve months on Unlimited. That period only starts when the event is first published, which happens automatically on your wedding date. You can extend every package. When the period ends, the files are deleted. So download everything as a ZIP file in good time, or copy it to your own Google Drive or Dropbox.

Can guests upload videos too?

Yes, wedding guests can upload videos with the same Momentshare QR code as their photos. On Starter, a video can be up to 100 MB, and on Premium up to 1000 MB. Unlimited has no limit. You'll find more tips for clips in our guide to uploading videos via a QR code.