Turn your network name and password into a scan-to-join WiFi QR code — guests point their camera, tap once, and they’re connected. No typing “was that a zero or an O?” ever again, and your credentials never leave this browser tab.
How to make a WiFi QR code
- Enter the network name (SSID) exactly as it appears in your WiFi list — capitalization counts.
- Enter the password and pick the security type (WPA covers WPA2/WPA3 — the right answer for almost everyone).
- Tick hidden network only if your router doesn’t broadcast the SSID.
- Download the PNG or SVG, print it, and put it where guests actually sit.
What the code contains
The pattern encodes the standard WIFI: format that phone cameras understand: security type,
network name, and password in one machine-readable string (special characters are escaped
automatically, so an SSID like Café; Upstairs encodes correctly). When a phone scans it, the
operating system fills in the join dialog — the same as typing the password, minus the typos.
It works for printed cards, framed guest-room signs, café counters, and Airbnb welcome books.
The honest security note
A WiFi QR code is your password, in scannable form. Anyone who can photograph it can join the network and can read the password out as plain text — so treat the printout with the same care as a password on a sticky note. Sensible placement: inside the guest room, behind the counter, in the welcome book. Better still, point it at a guest network so visitors never touch the LAN your own devices live on; every modern router offers one. And if you rotate the password later, the old prints stop working — regenerate and swap them.
Private by design
Your SSID and password are processed entirely on your device: no upload, no logging, no account. Check the Network tab while you type — nothing leaves. (Need the code for something other than WiFi? The general QR generator and contact-card QR generator cover the rest.)