How your invitation link looks in WhatsApp
The small card under the link is the only thing guests see before they tap. Here is what it shows and why it sometimes lags behind.
The card under the link
When you send a link in WhatsApp, a small card appears beneath it: an image, a title and a line of text. For your invitation, that card carries the names, the date and the venue.
It matters because it is the only thing a guest sees before tapping. A bare web address invites the question “what is this?”; a card does not.
Why the card sometimes lags
The card is built by the messaging app, not by us: the first time it sees your link it reads the page, builds the card and stores it for a while.
So if you edit the invitation afterwards, the card may keep showing the old version for a few hours. Nothing is broken — it is a cache, and it clears itself.
Doing your final check just before publishing means the card is built from the finished version the first time.
A separate image for stories
A WhatsApp card is a wide box; an Instagram story is a tall screen. Using the same image for both leaves empty bars in the story.
A vertical share image is generated separately for that reason, and it carries the design of the theme you chose.
Where a QR code helps
If you are sending the link digitally, a QR code adds nothing. QR earns its place on a **printed surface**: a table card, a sign at the entrance, or the corner of a paper invitation if you are still sending one.
Scanning it opens the same invitation — not a different page.
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