🔗 Slug Generator
What Is a URL Slug?
A slug is the part of a URL that identifies a specific page in a human-readable format. In the URL example.com/blog/how-to-make-sourdough-bread, the bold part is the slug. Good slugs are lowercase, use hyphens instead of spaces, contain no special characters, and clearly describe the page content.
Slugs directly impact SEO because search engines use URL structure as a ranking signal. A URL like /blog/how-to-make-sourdough-bread tells Google exactly what the page is about, while /blog/post-id-47392 provides no semantic information. Clean, keyword-rich slugs also increase click-through rates in search results because users can see what they’re clicking on.
Example conversions
Slug: how-to-make-sourdough-bread-at-home
Slug: resume-cover-letter-tips-2026-edition
Slug Best Practices for SEO
Keep it short
Remove filler words like “a”, “the”, “and”, “of”. A slug of 3–5 meaningful words is ideal. Shorter slugs rank better and are easier to share.
Use hyphens, not underscores
Google treats hyphens as word separators but underscores as word joiners. sourdough-bread is two keywords; sourdough_bread is treated as one.
Lowercase only
URLs are case-sensitive on most servers. Using lowercase prevents duplicate content issues where /Blog and /blog serve different pages.
No special characters
Remove accents (é → e), ampersands (& → and or remove), and all punctuation. Only letters, numbers, and hyphens belong in slugs.
Include target keywords
Your slug should contain the primary keyword you’re targeting. If the article is about “sourdough bread”, those words should be in the slug.
Avoid dates in slugs
A slug like /best-laptops-2024 becomes outdated. Use /best-laptops and update the content — keeping the same URL preserves your SEO equity.
Frequently Asked Questions
The generator transliterates accented characters to their ASCII equivalents (é → e, ü → u, ñ → n), removes all punctuation and special characters, replaces spaces with hyphens, and collapses multiple consecutive hyphens into one.
Often, yes. The generator converts your full title, but the best practice is to shorten it to the essential keywords. “How to Make Sourdough Bread at Home” generates how-to-make-sourdough-bread-at-home, but sourdough-bread-recipe would be a better slug.
You can, but you’ll lose any SEO equity the old URL has built. If you must change a slug, always set up a 301 redirect from the old URL to the new one. Most CMS platforms handle this automatically.
No. Slug generation happens entirely in your browser using JavaScript string manipulation. Your text input is never transmitted anywhere.