{"id":11539,"date":"2022-08-25T11:21:41","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T11:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/knowledge-base\/qr-code\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:18:48","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T11:18:48","slug":"qr-code","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/en_GB\/qr-code\/","title":{"rendered":"QR Code"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"aricle_container\">\n<h2 id=\"what-is-a-qr-code\" style=\" font-size: 25px !important; font-weight: 600;\">What is a QR code?<\/h2>\n<div style=\"padding:14px 0\"><\/div>\n<p>QR stands for \u201cQuick Response.\u201d A QR code is a two-dimensional scannable image composed of squares and dots that hold data. It was meant to replace the barcodes and can hold more information depending upon its density. A QR code is a simple and quick machine-readable way to represent data in a compact form.<\/p>\n<p>While you can only read a barcode using a laser scanner, a QR code was designed to be read using a phone camera. This makes a QR code much more valid and user-friendly than a barcode in the modern world.<\/p>\n<p>Find out more about QR codes and a code generator <a href=\"\/en_GB\/blog\/qr-code-generator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"elevio-box-info\"><p><b>Suggested reading<\/b>: <a href=\"\/hc\/en_GB\/email\/creator\/qr-code-for-email-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">QR Code for Email Campaign<\/a>, <a href=\"\/hc\/en_GB\/survey\/builder\/qr-code-for-survey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">QR Code for Survey<\/a>,  <a href=\"\/hc\/en_GB\/landing-pages\/builder\/qr-code-for-landing-page\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">QR Code for Landing Page<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n  .aricle_container p,.aricle_container li{color: rgba(0,0,0,.8)!important}  .aricle_container span{color:#0070ba!important}.aricle_container li,.aricle_container blockquote{font-size:18px!important;    font-weight: 400;<br \/>\n  }<br \/>\n<\/style>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>QR stands for \u201cQuick Response.\u201d A QR code is a two-dimensional scannable image composed of squares and dots that hold data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[315],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-11539","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-a-z-guide-en_gb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/en_GB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/11539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/en_GB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/en_GB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/en_GB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/en_GB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11539"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/en_GB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/11539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11543,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/en_GB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/11539\/revisions\/11543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/en_GB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/en_GB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=11539"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/en_GB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=11539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}