How to create a Wi-Fi QR code on iPhone

Use a network you are allowed to share

Decide which network the code should join. If your router provides a guest network, that can keep the sharing task separate from access intended only for your own devices. Follow the network owner’s rules rather than creating a code for credentials you are not permitted to distribute.

Use a fictional network for the first layout experiment, then enter authorized real details only when making the actual code. The QR image is not a way to hide those details: Wi-Fi QR formats can contain the network name, authentication information and password as encoded data.

Enter exact Wi-Fi details in QRGen

Wi-Fi is one of QRGen’s supported content types. Choose that type rather than a generic website-link template. Enter the network name exactly and select the security choice that matches the network; add its password if the selected type requires one.

Check for extra spaces, spelling differences and a password that has changed since you last used it. If the network is hidden, use the corresponding setting only when that describes the actual network. The code represents the values you supplied; check them against the actual network rather than assuming generation verifies the router’s credentials.

1. Choose QRGen’s Wi-Fi content type.
2. Enter the exact authorized network name and security details.
3. Generate a simple code before adding decoration.
4. Review the details before exporting or sharing it.

Test the image people will actually scan

QRGen documents image exports in PNG, JPEG and WebP. Choose an output appropriate to where you will display the code, then test that exported image with another device. Check the proposed network and whether joining succeeds rather than stopping after a scanner recognizes a symbol.

If the image will be printed, test the final print at the intended size and distance. Colors, logos, cropping and the surrounding background can affect a practical scan. An error-correction setting or a large exported image does not establish that every styled result or every device will work.

Share it deliberately and replace stale copies

Display the code only where the intended guests can access it. A Wi-Fi code can be copied or photographed, so treat distribution as sharing the underlying network access. Do not publish the real code as a design example or attach it to an unrelated support request.

If the network name, password or security configuration changes, create and test a replacement. Remove old displayed copies that no longer represent the intended access. A saved QR image does not update a router or rewrite itself when those settings change, and compatibility with every enterprise or captive-portal setup is not assumed here.

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