For a local sportsclub project, i plan to generate a bunch of unique QR codes and spread them around in my local municipality. I want to keep track of which QR code is placed at which location by managing a mapping between the QR code, its location and the wordpress URL it should point to so that i can:
- Show location specific information to the user who visits the QR encoded URL.
- Keep track of which QR code has been scanned.
- Be flexible with the QR codes so that i don't bind the QR code directly to the URL it should point to and use a mapping that i can configure later on.
The urls don't have to be indexed, especially because i don't want to confuse search engines, to decrease my rankings because of the redirects.
For example: I have 50 unique QR codes that point to a url in this format: https://site/page?1 https://site/page?2 https://site/page?3 and so on till 50
I place a QR code on a location and i register / map that code to a specific location and thus should be redirected to https://site/info-on-specific-location
Several QR codes may point to the same location, depending on the mappings.
I don't have a lot of experience with PHP or Wordpress, so my best bet would be to manually edit the .htaccess file with several mod_rewrite rules with multiple or conditions (pseudo: if id=1 or 5,15,39 redirect to location x), that i need to edit every time i assign a QR code to a location.
Can that be done without irritating search engines? Is there a way to manage this via a plugin or any other option? Or do i need to do some custom programming to achieve this?
I am just trying to think of the best way to handle this scenario.