GeneratorSlug
Convert any title, heading, or phrase into a clean, SEO-friendly URL slug automatically. A URL slug is the human-readable portion of a web address — for example, the slug for this page might be 'slug-generator'. Good slugs are lowercase, use hyphens between words, remove special characters and accents, and are concise. Properly formatted slugs improve URL readability, SEO performance, and user experience. This tool generates them instantly from any text input.
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Slug Generator
Interactive text engine
How To Use Slug Generator
- Paste or type the title or phrase you want to convert into a URL slug.
- The tool converts the text to lowercase, replaces spaces with hyphens, and removes special characters.
- Accented letters are converted to their plain ASCII equivalents (é becomes e, ü becomes u).
- The generated slug is displayed immediately — review it to ensure it reads clearly.
- Copy the slug for use in your CMS, URL structure, filename, or API endpoint.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a URL slug?
A URL slug is the part of a web address that identifies a specific page in a human-readable way. For a blog post titled 'How to Write Better Emails', the slug would be 'how-to-write-better-emails', creating a URL like yoursite.com/blog/how-to-write-better-emails. Good slugs are lowercase, hyphenated, free of special characters, and descriptive of the page content.
Why are good URL slugs important for SEO?
URL slugs are a confirmed SEO signal — Google uses the words in a URL to understand what a page is about. A descriptive slug like 'best-email-marketing-tools' tells both users and search engines what to expect before clicking. Clear slugs also improve click-through rates in search results because they look trustworthy and relevant. Avoid slugs with random numbers, excessive parameters, or unrelated terms.
Should I use hyphens or underscores in URL slugs?
Always use hyphens, not underscores. Google explicitly treats hyphens as word separators in URLs — 'email-marketing' is read as two separate words. Underscores are not treated as separators, so 'email_marketing' is treated as a single word 'emailmarketing', which has no SEO value. This is a long-standing Google recommendation and is why this tool generates hyphenated slugs by default.
How long should a URL slug be?
The best URL slugs are short, descriptive, and focused on the primary keyword. Aim for 3–6 words. Remove filler words (a, the, and, is, are, with) that add length without adding meaning. For example, 'How to Use an Email Marketing Tool' could be slugged as 'email-marketing-tool-guide' rather than the full title. Shorter slugs are easier to share, remember, and read in search results.
What happens to special characters and accents in the slug?
Special characters like !, @, #, &, and *, and punctuation marks are removed from slugs because they create problematic URLs that may break in browsers or require URL encoding. Accented characters (é, ü, ñ, ç) are typically converted to their plain ASCII equivalents so the slug only contains safe, universally compatible characters. Numbers and plain letters are preserved as-is.
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