A WiFi QR code lets a guest join your network by pointing a camera at a card instead of asking you to read a fifteen-character password out loud, letter by letter, twice.
Creating a WiFi QR code
- 1Click Create and choose QR Code.
- 2Select WiFi Network.
- 3Enter the Network Name (SSID) exactly as it appears on your router — it's case-sensitive, so "OfficeWiFi" and "officewifi" are different networks as far as this is concerned.
- 4Enter the Password.
- 5Choose the Security type: WPA/WPA2 for almost every modern router, WEP only if you know that's specifically what yours uses, or None for an open network with no password.
- 6Click Create QR Code.
Which security type should you pick?
- WPA/WPA2 — the default on virtually every router sold in the last decade. Use this unless you have a specific reason not to.
- WEP — an older, weaker encryption standard still found on some legacy hardware. Only select it if you've confirmed that's what your router is actually running.
- None — an open network with no password. Anyone who scans joins instantly, which is fine for a public café network and a bad idea for anything else.
Will it work on every device?
- iOS 11+ — the Camera app recognises WiFi QR codes natively and prompts to join immediately
- Android 10+ — same native support built into the Camera app
- Android 8–9 — WiFi QR scanning wasn't consistently built in yet at this OS version, so some devices may need a separate scanner app to trigger the join prompt
- Windows / macOS — laptops don't have a camera-driven QR flow tied into WiFi settings, so scanning shows the credentials as plain text for manual entry instead
A WiFi QR code makes your password scannable by anyone who points a camera at it, not just the guests you meant to invite. Don't post it somewhere the public can see it unsupervised — and for a guest network, consider a separate SSID with a password you rotate periodically rather than sharing your main network's credentials this way.
Because this is a dynamic code, changing your WiFi password doesn't mean reprinting the sign — update the password in your dashboard and the same printed code keeps working.