Slug Generator

How to Use the Slug Generator

1. Enter your titles into the input area on the left (or top on mobile), one title per line.
2. Choose a separator — hyphens (standard), underscores, or dots.
3. Set options — optionally set a max length or enable stop word removal.
4. View the slugs — clean, SEO-friendly slugs appear on the right instantly.
5. Copy or download — use the buttons above the output to copy to clipboard or download as a text file.

What This Tool Does

This slug generator converts titles, headings, and text into clean URL slugs suitable for blog posts, product pages, and any web content. It handles the full transformation pipeline: converting to lowercase, transliterating accented characters (like converting "café" to "cafe"), replacing spaces and special characters with your chosen separator, collapsing multiple separators, and trimming leading/trailing separators. All processing happens instantly in your browser.

Features

• Accent transliteration — automatically converts accented and special characters to their ASCII equivalents (e with accent to e, n with tilde to n, u with umlaut to u, and many more)
• Three separator styles — hyphens (standard for URLs), underscores (common in file names), or dots (used in package names)
• Stop word removal — optionally remove common words like "the", "and", "a" for shorter, keyword-focused slugs
• Max length — truncate slugs at a maximum character count, breaking at word boundaries when possible
• Bulk processing — enter multiple titles (one per line) and generate all slugs at once
• Privacy — your text never leaves your browser, no data is collected

Best Practices for URL Slugs

• Keep slugs short — aim for 3-5 words. Shorter URLs are easier to share and remember.
• Use hyphens, not underscores — Google treats hyphens as word separators but underscores as joiners. "best-seo-tips" is better than "best_seo_tips" for search.
• Include your target keyword — place the primary keyword near the beginning of the slug.
• Avoid special characters — stick to lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens for maximum compatibility.
• Remove stop words — words like "the", "and", "a" add length without SEO value.
• Be consistent — use the same slug format across your entire site for a clean URL structure.

Why Slugs Matter for SEO

URL slugs are a ranking factor for search engines. A descriptive, keyword-rich slug tells both users and search engines what the page is about before they even visit it. Clean slugs also improve click-through rates in search results because users are more likely to click on a URL that clearly describes the content. Additionally, well-structured URLs make it easier to organize and maintain your website's content hierarchy, which helps search engine crawlers understand your site architecture.

Accent Transliteration Reference

The tool supports comprehensive transliteration of accented characters from multiple languages. French characters like é, è, ê, and ç are converted to their base letters. German umlauts (ä, ö, ü) become their closest ASCII equivalents. Spanish ñ becomes n, and Nordic characters like å, æ, and ø are also handled. This ensures your slugs work seamlessly across all browsers and servers without URL encoding issues. To normalize slugs in bulk, try our Slug Normalizer. You can also transform text casing with the Case Converter or generate complete meta tags with the Meta Tag Generator.