What is a URL slug?
A URL slug is the part of a web address that identifies a page in human-readable form — like /blog/my-first-post. Good slugs are lowercase, use hyphens as separators, remove special characters, and are concise. This tool converts any text into a clean slug with customizable options.
What a URL slug is
A slug is the human-readable part of a URL that identifies a page, such as how-to-test-regex in /blog/how-to-test-regex. A good slug is lowercase, uses hyphens between words, and contains only letters, numbers, and dashes — no spaces, punctuation, or accented characters. This tool turns any title into a clean, safe slug automatically.
Slugs matter for both people and search engines: a descriptive slug tells a reader what a page is about before they click, and keywords in the slug are a small but real ranking signal.
How a title becomes a slug
Generating a slug means lowercasing the text, replacing spaces with hyphens, stripping punctuation, and transliterating accented or non-Latin characters into their closest ASCII equivalents so the result is safe in any URL. Consecutive separators are collapsed, and leading or trailing hyphens are removed, leaving a tidy identifier.
Keeping slugs stable
Once a page is published, its slug becomes part of a URL that people bookmark and search engines index. Changing it later breaks those links unless you add a redirect, so it is worth settling on a clear, descriptive slug up front and leaving it unchanged.
How to generate a URL slug
- 1Enter a title. Type or paste the page title or phrase you want to turn into a slug.
- 2Click Generate. The text is lowercased, hyphenated, and stripped of unsafe characters.
- 3Copy the slug. Use the slug in your route, permalink, or filename.
Examples
A blog title
Input
How to Test a Regex in 2026!
Output
how-to-test-a-regex-in-2026
Accented characters
Transliterated to ASCII.
Input
Café & Résumé Tips
Output
cafe-resume-tips
Slug rules
What makes a clean slug.
| Rule | Result |
|---|---|
| Lowercase everything | Title → title |
| Spaces to hyphens | two words → two-words |
| Remove punctuation | hello! → hello |
| Transliterate accents | café → cafe |
| Collapse repeats | a--b → a-b |
Frequently asked questions
Why should URLs use hyphens, not underscores?+
Search engines treat hyphens as word separators but not underscores, so hyphenated slugs are read as distinct words. Hyphens are the recommended convention.
Do slugs affect SEO?+
Yes, modestly. A short, descriptive slug containing the page's keywords is easier to read and gives a small ranking and click-through benefit.
What happens to accented or non-Latin characters?+
They are transliterated to their closest ASCII equivalents — é becomes e — so the slug is safe in any URL without percent-encoding.
Should slugs be short?+
Generally yes. Keep the meaningful keywords and drop filler words so the slug stays concise and readable.
Is my text private?+
Yes. Slugs are generated in your browser; nothing is uploaded.
Is it free?+
Yes — free with no limits.
Should the slug match the page title exactly?+
It should reflect the title but is usually shorter — keep the meaningful keywords and drop filler words like 'a' and 'the' for a concise slug.