WiFi QR Code Generator
Generate a WiFi QR code that connects phones to your network on scan. Ideal for cafés, hotels, offices and rentals.
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How to create a WiFi QR code
Enter your network name
Type the SSID exactly as it appears in your phone's WiFi list, including capitals and spaces. Network names are case-sensitive, so "CafeNet" and "cafenet" are treated as two different networks and only an exact match will connect.
Add the password and security type
Enter the password and choose the matching security standard — WPA/WPA2 for almost every modern router, or the no-password option for a genuinely open network. A mismatch here is the most common reason a scan fails to join.
Generate and test the code
The code updates as you type. Scan it with a phone that is not already on the network to confirm it connects, since a device that has previously joined will connect regardless of whether the code is correct.
Print and display it
Download the SVG for signage or the PNG for digital use, then display it where guests naturally look — a table tent, room card or reception sign.
How a WiFi QR code works
The code encodes your credentials using the WIFI: scheme, a compact format both iOS and Android recognise natively. It holds three values: the network name, the security type, and the password. Reserved characters such as semicolons and backslashes are escaped automatically, so passwords with punctuation encode correctly.
Everything lives inside the image, so no server sits between the scan and the connection. The code works offline, keeps working if this page moves, and connects just as fast on a busy network as an empty one.
Because the credentials are embedded rather than looked up, the code is only as current as your password. Rotate the password and the printed code stops working — regenerate and reprint it as part of the same routine.
Device support and what guests see
Pointing the camera at the code produces a "Join network" prompt rather than a browser tab. The guest taps once and the handset joins — they never see or type the password.
iOS has supported this from the camera app since iOS 11, and Android since Android 10. Older devices need a free scanner app, but the underlying format is identical, so a single printed code serves every guest.
If a scan does nothing, the cause is almost always a mismatch between the selected security type and the router's actual setting, or an SSID whose capitalisation differs from the real network name.
Sharing WiFi safely
Anyone who can see the code can join the network, so treat a printed code exactly as you would treat the password written on a whiteboard. In practice that means putting it on a guest network rather than the one carrying your own devices.
Most consumer routers can broadcast a separate guest SSID with client isolation enabled, which keeps visitors off the same segment as your computers, printers and storage. Point the QR code at that network and a shared password stops being a security problem.
For public-facing venues, rotate the guest password periodically and reprint the code. It is a small operational cost that limits how long an old photographed code stays useful to someone who has since left.
Where to use it
Cafés and restaurants
A table-tent code removes the most repeated question staff answer all day, and guests connect before they have finished sitting down.
Hotels and short-term rentals
Printing the code on the welcome card or room compendium means guests get online without calling reception or deciphering a handwritten password.
Offices and meeting rooms
A guest-network code in reception and meeting rooms gets visitors and contractors online without IT involvement, while your main network stays private.
Events and coworking spaces
Attendees self-serve from signage at the entrance, which avoids a queue at the desk during the busiest arrival window.
Best practices
- Point the code at a guest network with client isolation rather than your primary network.
- Match the SSID capitalisation exactly — network names are case-sensitive.
- Confirm the security type against your router settings; a WPA/WPA3 mismatch silently blocks the join.
- Test with a device that has never joined the network, since a remembered network connects either way.
- Laminate codes used in cafés and lobbies, as scuffed or creased printing degrades scan reliability.
- Reprint the code whenever the password changes, since the credentials live in the image itself.
Frequently asked questions
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