What a Slug Is
A slug is the readable part of a URL that identifies a page, for example
/my-new-blog-post. This Slug Generator converts titles and sentences into
clean, lowercase slugs with consistent separators, which helps with SEO, readability
and link sharing. It removes punctuation, strips accents and collapses multiple
separators into one.
Options
- Separator: choose hyphens or underscores.
- Lowercase: keep slugs consistent across URLs.
- Strip accents: convert characters like é and ñ to ASCII.
- Remove stopwords: drop articles and connector words.
- Max length: truncate long slugs at a clean boundary.
Short, descriptive slugs are easier to read and share. They also avoid percent-encoded characters and reduce the chance of broken links in CMS platforms, static site generators and marketing tools.
SEO Best Practices
Use lowercase letters, a consistent separator and a small number of meaningful words. Put the primary topic near the beginning of the slug and avoid dates unless they are part of the content. Changing a published URL requires a redirect; keep slugs stable after launch and update internal links when they change.
Hyphens are the most common separator for web URLs. Underscores are valid but less common, and they can be harder to read in some contexts. Choose one convention for the whole site.
Where Slugs Are Used
Slugs appear in blog posts, product pages, documentation, tags, categories and file names. A consistent slug strategy makes URLs predictable and avoids duplicates. If you need to adjust capitalization before generating the slug, use Text Case Converter. For cleaner source text, start with Text Minifier.
Slug Length and Readability
Shorter slugs are easier to read, share and remember. Aim for a few meaningful words rather than a full title. Remove stopwords when they do not add meaning, but keep words that are necessary to distinguish pages. Avoid dates, tracking parameters and repeated keywords in the slug. If a slug becomes too long, remove less important words rather than cutting a word in half.
Common Mistakes
- Using spaces or punctuation that must be percent-encoded.
- Changing slugs after publishing without a redirect.
- Making slugs too long or stuffing keywords into them.
- Mixing hyphens and underscores across the same site.
- Leaving accents in URLs when the CMS or analytics tools handle them poorly.
Privacy
The generator runs entirely in your browser. Your titles and content are never uploaded or stored. For related tasks, use the Text Case Converter or Word Counter.