Slug Generator

Free URL slug generator

A slug is the readable last part of a web address, such as better-writing-tips in example.com/better-writing-tips. This generator turns any title into a clean slug: it lowercases the text, removes accents and punctuation, and joins the words with a hyphen or underscore.

Short, descriptive slugs are easier to read, share and remember, and they give search engines and visitors a quick hint about the page. Paste one title or many, one per line, and copy the result.

How to use it

1. Type or paste your title into the box. Put each title on its own line to make several slugs at once.
2. Pick a separator: a hyphen (recommended) or an underscore.
3. Turn on "Remove stop words" to drop filler words such as "the", "of" and "and", and set a maximum length if you need one.
4. Click Copy and paste the slug into your CMS, file name or route.

Common uses

• Bloggers create tidy permalinks for posts.
• Shop owners make clean product and category URLs.
• Developers generate routes, IDs and file names from titles.
• SEO writers shorten long titles into focused URLs.
• Editors keep a consistent URL style across a site.

Tips

• Keep the slug short and built around the main topic, ideally a handful of words.
• Use hyphens rather than underscores. Google recommends hyphens for separating words in URLs.
• Avoid changing a slug after the page is published. If you must, add a redirect from the old address.

Frequently asked questions

Should I use hyphens or underscores?

Hyphens. Google recommends them for separating words in URLs, because underscores can join words together in the eyes of a search engine.

How long should a slug be?

As short as it can be while still describing the page. Three to five meaningful words is a good target, and the maximum-length option cuts at a word boundary.

Should I remove stop words?

Often yes. "10-tips-for-better-writing" becomes "10-tips-better-writing", which is shorter. Keep them whenever removing them would change the meaning.

What happens to accents and non-Latin letters?

Accents on Latin letters are removed, so "café" becomes "cafe". Letters from other scripts are kept as they are and are not transliterated.

Privacy

Everything runs locally in your browser. Your text is never uploaded, stored or shared, and you can use the tool offline once the page has loaded.

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