A small code on a headstone, plaque or memorial card links to a tribute page — photographs, their story, service recordings, and a place for family to leave memories. Visitors decades from now can meet the person, not just the name and dates.
Permanence matters more here than anywhere. Two honest recommendations: first, host the tribute somewhere durable — a memorial platform with a one-off fee or your own domain, not a free host that may vanish. Second, use an editable code (£10 once): if the tribute page ever has to move hosts, the engraved code keeps working. Ours are promised for as long as we trade, with no subscription for the family to maintain.
For the physical marker, anodised aluminium plaques and stainless engraving survive weather for decades; laminated paper does not. Memorial masons fit QR plaques routinely now, and cemetery rules vary, so check with the cemetery office first.
It is increasingly common and entirely optional for visitors — a small, discreet plaque. Families say the page helps grandchildren know the person behind the dates.
Photographs through their life, the eulogy, their story in a few paragraphs, and optionally a guestbook. Audio and video of them is especially treasured later.
The code must be engraved or anodised, not printed paper. Done properly it outlasts the ink on any document.
That is the key risk — use an editable code so the engraved plaque can be repointed to the new address. Never engrave a static link to a free hosting service.
Put this code on stickers, signs, menus, banners or business cards — printed and shipped UK-wide by FatPrint.
Browse print optionsEditable QR codes — £10 once, repoint forever, scan stats included.