Digital invitations
Make a digital invitation
A digital invitation is not a printed card that happens to be a file. It is read on a phone, in a thread, at about the size of a playing card — and the ones that work are designed for that.
This page covers which size to use where, why invitations come out blurry, and how to actually get one into a chat.
Which size to use where
Choose the format before you design rather than after. Re-exporting a portrait card as a story leaves empty bands down the sides.
- WhatsApp invitation1080 × 1440 · 3:4Sending it in a chat. A 3:4 image previews almost in full and stays readable after compression.
- Instagram story1080 × 1920 · 9:16A WhatsApp status, an Instagram story or a reels cover — anything shown full-screen.
- Instagram post1080 × 1350 · 4:5A feed post. At 4:5 it takes up more of the screen than a square as people scroll past.
- Square invitation1080 × 1080 · 1:1When you do not know where it will end up. A square is never cropped badly anywhere.
- Landscape invitation1350 × 1080 · 5:4An email. A wide image sits properly at the top of a message instead of pushing the text off the screen.
Why digital invitations come out blurry
Messengers recompress every image they carry, and they compress hardest when the picture is large. A 4000-pixel-wide card is not sharper in a chat than a 1080-pixel one — it is often worse, because it is squeezed further to fit the limit.
The fix is designing at a size close to what the phone will show, which is what these formats are: 1080 pixels on the short edge, the width messengers render at. Exports are made at twice that so a printed copy is still crisp, and the messenger's own downscale then has less work to do.
The other half of the fix is contrast. Thin light text on a pale background is the first thing compression destroys. If the card has to survive being forwarded, set the important lines in something solid.
Sending it on WhatsApp
On a phone, the share button hands the picture straight to the WhatsApp share sheet with the wording attached — one tap, and you pick the chat.
On a desktop browser it takes two steps, and no website can avoid that: download the picture, then attach it in WhatsApp yourself. A link can carry the text of the invitation but no web page is allowed to put a file into another app for you.
Sending it as a Document rather than from the gallery skips WhatsApp's compression entirely. The recipient taps once more to open it, and gets the invitation at full quality — worth it for the card that matters.
When a printed card still earns its place
Digital covers almost everything, but not the elders in the family who will want a card in hand, and not the one that gets kept in a drawer. Making both from the same design is simple: export the portrait format as a PDF for the printer, then switch the format and export again for the group chat.
Because the PDF page is set to the invitation's real size, a print shop gets exact dimensions rather than guessing from a screenshot.
Templates made for sharing
Common questions
Is the digital invitation maker free?
Yes. Every template and every download is free, there is no watermark, no trial and no account to create. The editor runs in your browser, so there are no servers rendering your design and nothing that has to be paid for per invitation.
What is the best size for a WhatsApp invitation?
1080 × 1440, a 3:4 portrait. It previews almost in full in a chat, and it is small enough that WhatsApp's compression barely touches it. For a status, use 1080 × 1920 instead so it fills the screen.
Can the invitation be sent to WhatsApp automatically?
On a phone, near enough — the share sheet passes the picture to WhatsApp in one step. On a desktop browser the picture has to be downloaded and attached by hand. Any site claiming otherwise is describing something browsers do not allow.
How do I stop my invitation looking blurry when I send it?
Design at one of the built-in formats rather than scaling up a huge image, keep important text in solid, high-contrast colour, and send the file as a Document when quality matters more than convenience.
Can I print a digital invitation later?
Download the PDF rather than the image. The page is set to the invitation's real size, so a print shop gets exact dimensions instead of having to guess from a screenshot. Choose a portrait or landscape format before you export, not a social one — a story is the wrong shape for a card.
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