WiFi QR code generator
Type the network name and password, get a code a phone joins with one scan. Print it, stick it on the fridge, stop spelling out the password.
Exactly as the router broadcasts it, capitals and spaces included.
WIFI:T:WPA;S:…;P:…;;
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WiFi QR codes, explained
6 entriesThe code holds a short text payload in the WIFI: format — the network name, the password and the security type. iPhones have read it with the built-in camera since iOS 11, and Android since version 10; older Android phones use Google Lens or the WiFi settings' scan button. The phone shows a "Join network" prompt and never displays the password.
WPA. The format defines only three values — WPA, WEP and nopass — and both WPA2 and WPA3 networks are written as WPA. There is no WPA2 or WPA3 value, and a code carrying one is a code no phone accepts. Almost every home router since 2006 is WPA.
Yes, tick the hidden box. That adds H:true to the payload, which tells the phone to look for a network that is not broadcasting its name. Without it the phone may report the network as not found even though the credentials are right.
Because it is made only of hex digits — letters A to F and numbers — and the format requires those to be quoted, or a reader may treat them as raw bytes rather than characters. The same rule applies to a network name like BEEF or 1234. It is handled for you, and the quotes are not part of the password.
No. The password is inside the code itself, not behind a link to a service, so there is nothing to expire and no scan limit. The only thing that breaks it is changing the WiFi password, after which you print a new one.
No. The code is drawn in your browser from what you type. Nothing is uploaded, logged or stored, and the password field is a plain text box on purpose, so your browser will not offer to save it.