Title: Using QR Codes
Last modified: June 27, 2024

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# Using QR Codes

 *  Resolved [Steve P (UK)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stevepalmeratwordpress/)
 * (@stevepalmeratwordpress)
 * [1 year, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-qr-codes/)
 * Hi again Noor.
 * Thanks for developing this Plugin. I’m new to all this and your plugin makes 
   tihngs really easy. I planning to use your plugin so our members can
    1. Pay their annual subscription
    2. Donate various amounts to us
 * We occasionally run outdoor events and I’d also like to produce an A4 sheet of
   paper with QR codes, where each code simply represents the url for each of the
   payment types – e.g. subscriptions, donations, but I’ve run into a problem.
 * The QR codes based on the the urls seem to work OK for a short while (ie the 
   PayPal page pops up with the correct page) but then, a while later, I get the
   message ‘something’s not right. This page does not exist’ on the PayPal page.
   I’m not sure what’s going on. If I then return to the URL and click on the button
   on our webpage, it all works fine. I could maybe understand things if the QR 
   codes NEVER worked, but they do for a few hours. I realise you’re not responsible
   for QR codes and the functionality 🙂 but I’m trying to determine whether it’s
   worth pursuing this route and if it is ever going to be possible to use QR Codes
   in conjunction with your excellent plugin?
 * In your experience, is there any reason why a QR code wouldn’t work with the 
   links that your Plugin produces?
 * Thanks, Steve
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fusing-qr-codes%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Thread Starter [Steve P (UK)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stevepalmeratwordpress/)
 * (@stevepalmeratwordpress)
 * [1 year, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-qr-codes/#post-17854100)
 * I’m going to attempt to answer my own question… If there is anyone on here that
   understands where I’m going with this, any feedback would be appreciated.
   In 
   short, I was attempting to create a printed page that showed a variety of QR 
   Codes that represented various donation amounts. These always worked ‘for a while’.
   Then, the QR codes fail with the message _‘‘something’s not right. This page 
   does not exist’,_ after a period of time.As I mentioned in my original post, 
   the QR codes worked for some hours (I didn’t measure it exactly) and then the
   error message appeared.So, on doing some investigation, I discovered:-The PayPal
   URL to the various donations includes an ‘access token'(whatever they are!) as
   part of the url. Therefore the QR Code I created at the time was fine. However,
   the access token apparently has a finite life (I read 9 hours???). After that,
   if the access token becomes invalid – and therefore the URL doesn’t work – and
   another is generated (but of course, the QR code doesn’t know that – and fails,
   because the URL does not exist any longer).I’ve concluded, therefore, it’s not
   possible to create a QR code that I can print that takes a user to the ‘donate’
   page for different amounts. If this conclusion is incorrect, I’d love to know
   how to get this sorted. Thanks, Steve

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 * Last reply from: [Steve P (UK)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stevepalmeratwordpress/)
 * Last activity: [1 year, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-qr-codes/#post-17854100)
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