Slug Generator
Generate URL-friendly slugs from any text. Supports custom separators, lowercase, and transliteration.
About the Slug Generator
This slug generator runs entirely in your browser. Paste any title, headline, or phrase into the input box, choose a separator and casing, then click Generate to produce a clean, URL-safe slug. Nothing is uploaded — all processing happens locally with JavaScript.
What is a slug?
A slug is the human-readable, URL-friendly portion of a web address that identifies a specific page. For example, in https://example.com/blog/how-to-bake-bread, the slug is how-to-bake-bread. Slugs are typically lowercase, use hyphens to separate words, and contain only alphanumeric characters.
SEO best practices for slugs
- Keep it short. Three to five words is ideal. Long slugs get truncated in search results and dilute keyword relevance.
- Use keywords. Include the primary keyword for the page, ideally near the start of the slug.
- Remove stop words. Words like "the", "a", "of", and "and" add length without value. Drop them where possible.
- Use hyphens, not underscores. Search engines treat hyphens as word separators; underscores may be treated as part of a single word.
- Stick to lowercase. URLs are case-sensitive on many servers, and lowercase avoids duplicate-content issues.
- Avoid special characters. Punctuation, accented letters, and symbols should be stripped or transliterated.
Frequently asked questions
Does it handle accented characters? Yes. Accented letters such as é, ñ, and ü are transliterated to their base ASCII form (e, n, u) before slugging.
What happens to Chinese, Japanese, or Korean text? CJK characters are kept as-is, because they are valid in URLs once percent-encoded by the browser. This preserves the meaning of the slug for non-Latin content.
Can I use a separator other than hyphen? Yes. Choose hyphen, underscore, or dot from the dropdown. Hyphen is the recommended default for SEO.