Slug Generator
Turn titles and phrases into clean SEO-friendly slugs.
Clean URL slugs improve SEO, readability, and shareability. This tool converts any title, heading, or phrase into a URL-friendly slug — lowercase, hyphen-separated, with special characters removed. It handles Unicode, accented characters, and common stop words for professional-quality permalink generation.
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How to Generate a URL Slug
- Enter your title or text — type the page title, article headline, or any text.
- Click Generate — the tool converts it to a URL-friendly slug (lowercase, hyphens, no special characters).
- Copy the slug — use it as a URL path for your blog post, page, or product listing.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a URL slug? ▼
A URL slug is the human-readable part of a URL that identifies a specific page. In "example.com/blog/how-to-bake-bread", the slug is "how-to-bake-bread". Good slugs are lowercase, use hyphens to separate words, and contain no special characters.
Why are URL slugs important for SEO? ▼
Google uses the URL as a ranking signal. Descriptive slugs that contain relevant keywords help search engines understand the page content. "example.com/best-running-shoes" ranks better than "example.com/p?id=382". Clean URLs also improve click-through rates in search results.
What characters are allowed in a URL slug? ▼
Best practice: lowercase letters (a-z), digits (0-9), and hyphens (-). Avoid underscores, spaces, uppercase letters, and special characters. Some systems support Unicode slugs, but ASCII-only slugs have the widest compatibility.
Should I use hyphens or underscores in URLs? ▼
Hyphens. Google treats hyphens as word separators (so "blue-shoes" is understood as "blue shoes"), but treats underscores as word joiners ("blue_shoes" is one word "blue_shoes"). This has been confirmed by Google's John Mueller.
How long should a URL slug be? ▼
Keep slugs under 60 characters. Google displays up to about 512 pixels of the URL in search results. Shorter, descriptive slugs are easier to read, share, and remember. Remove stop words (a, the, is, of) to keep slugs concise.
Is my data stored? ▼
No. All processing happens in your browser. No data is sent to any server.