Make a Wi-Fi QR code in four steps

1. 01Type the network name (the SSID) exactly as your phone shows it. Capital letters and spaces count.
2. 02Choose the security type: WPA for most home and office networks (WPA2 and WPA3), None for an open network. WEP belongs to very old routers.
3. 03Type the password: 8 to 63 characters for WPA. Tick Hidden network if your router does not broadcast its name.
4. 04Check the scan score, then download the PNG or SVG, or the table tent PDF that appears under the downloads.

Scan the code with your own phone before you print it. If a phone does not join, retype the password by hand on that phone: a typo in the password is a common cause.

Your password stays on your device

The generator runs in your browser. It writes the network details into the code, draws the picture, checks that it scans and makes the downloads on your device. The name and password are not sent to our server and they are not saved.

You can check this yourself: open your browser's developer tools, switch to the Network tab and type a password. Nothing is sent as you type.

Our analytics may note that the page was used and that a Wi-Fi code was made. The network name and password are not part of what it records, and the two fields are marked so session recording tools skip them.

What the code does reveal

• The password sits inside the code in plain letters. Anyone who scans or photographs the code can join the network, so put it where you are glad for people to join.
• For visitors, use your router's guest network if it has one. It keeps them off your own devices and files.
• If a printed code leaves your hands, change the Wi-Fi password on the router and print a new code.
• The table tent leaves the password out of its text unless you tick the box. With the box unticked, the password is in the code and nowhere else on the tent.

Print a table tent

1. 01Fill in the form above. When the code is ready, choose Download the table tent (PDF) under the downloads.
2. 02Print it on Letter or A4 paper, on card stock if you can.
3. 03Fold along the dashed line so it stands. The top half is upside down on purpose, so guests on both sides can read it.

The code on the tent is about 6.5 cm wide, including its white margin, sized for a phone held over a table (about 35 cm away). Our size calculator's table tent preset assumes 60 cm; for a tent read from that far, print the PNG at the size the calculator gives instead.

Which phones can join

iPhones on iOS 11 or later and most Android phones join straight from the camera app: point, tap the banner that appears, join. Older Android phones may need a scanner app.

A Wi-Fi code carries a network name and a password. It cannot sign in to a network that asks for a username, or one that shows a login page before anything else (many hotels and airports).