Create a QR Code Online

What kinds of QR codes you can create here

The most common request is a URL code — something that opens a website, a menu, a portfolio, or a form. Right behind that is WiFi codes, which let guests join a network by scanning instead of typing a password off a sticky note. Plain text codes work for anything you want displayed directly on the phone screen, like a short message, an address, or event details that don't need a separate webpage.

Contact information codes (vCard-style) let someone add you to their phone contacts with a single scan, which shows up often at trade shows and on business cards. Whatever you pick, the creation flow is the same: fill in the relevant fields, and the code updates live in the preview pane.

Step-by-step process to create your code

Choose the content type from the options presented, then fill in the required fields — for a URL that's just the link, for WiFi that's the network name, password, and security type. Watch the live preview update; if something looks wrong (extra blank space, an odd pattern), double-check you haven't left a trailing space in the input field, which is a surprisingly common cause of a code that looks fine but points to the wrong text.

Adjust colors next if needed, staying high-contrast. Then export — PNG if the code is going into a digital file like a slide deck or social graphic, SVG if it's heading to a printer or needs to scale to a poster size later without quality loss.

Examples from people creating codes today

A landlord created a WiFi QR code for a short-term rental listing so guests can connect the moment they walk in, taping a small printed card next to the router. A nonprofit created a URL code linking to its donation page and put it at the bottom of every printed fundraiser flyer, tracking clicks through their donation platform's own analytics rather than any QR-specific tracking. A conference speaker created a code linking to her slide deck and displayed it on the closing slide so attendees didn't have to note down a URL by hand.

Best practices when creating a code for real use

Match the code's use case to the right content type — don't cram a full paragraph of text into a code meant to be scanned quickly at a glance; link to a page instead. For WiFi codes specifically, double-check the password field for typos before printing, since a single wrong character makes the whole code fail silently (it'll scan, but the connection attempt will fail, which is more confusing for guests than an obviously broken code).

Keep a record of what each code encodes if you're creating several at once — a simple spreadsheet mapping filename to destination saves a lot of guesswork three months later when you're trying to remember which code goes on which flyer.

Mistakes people make when creating codes online

Creating the code before finalizing the destination content is the top mistake — if you're linking to a menu PDF, finish and upload the PDF first, then create the code, not the other way around. Another is assuming a code created for one purpose (say, a personal WiFi network) is safe to post publicly; a WiFi QR code that includes your password is functionally the same as posting the password itself, so only share it with people you'd trust with your network directly.

People also sometimes create a code, screenshot it off the screen, and print the screenshot — which introduces compression artifacts. Always use the actual downloaded file rather than a screenshot of the preview.

Pro tips for smoother creation

If you're creating codes in bulk for something like individual product pages, keep your links short and predictable (a consistent URL pattern) so you can visually verify you copied the right one before generating each code. For anything permanent and expensive to reprint — a storefront window decal, an engraved sign — create the code, test it thoroughly across multiple phones, and only then send it to production.