About this tool
A URL slug is the readable part of a web address that identifies a page, like 'best-online-tools'. This generator converts any title into a clean, lowercase slug using hyphens, stripping accents and special characters. Good slugs help search engines understand your page and make links easier to read and share — a small but real SEO win.
How to use
- 1Type your title or sentence.
- 2Pick a separator and casing option.
- 3Copy the generated slug into your CMS.
Benefits
- Removes accents and special characters.
- Hyphen or underscore separators.
- SEO-friendly, lowercase output.
Create durable URLs, not just tidy-looking text
A slug should identify the page clearly, remain readable when copied and stay stable after publication. Lowercase words separated by hyphens are widely understood, but a short slug is not a ranking shortcut and changing an existing URL can lose links unless the old address redirects permanently to the new one. Transliteration is a publishing decision rather than a universal rule: Unicode paths can work correctly, while Latin slugs may be easier to type in some workflows. Choose one convention for the site and apply it consistently.
Practical uses
- Turn an article title into a clean path before the first publication.
- Normalize product or documentation paths across a CMS.
- Create readable filenames while separately checking filesystem restrictions.
Checklist before relying on the result
- 1Remove dates or stop words only when they add no identifying value.
- 2Check that the slug is unique inside the intended section.
- 3Do not change a live slug without a permanent redirect and updated internal links.
- 4Review transliteration, brand names and acronyms manually.
What normalization changes in the generated slug
The generator trims surrounding whitespace, normalizes supported accented Latin characters, removes punctuation that is unsafe or unhelpful in a path, replaces runs of separators with one chosen separator and removes separators from both ends. Lowercasing creates a consistent path convention. The result is a proposal, not a uniqueness check: only the publishing system knows whether another page already uses that slug.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Publishing a slug without checking for an existing page.
- Stuffing repeated keywords into the path.
- Changing a live URL without redirects, canonical updates and repaired internal links.
Frequently asked questions
Hyphens or underscores?+
Google recommends hyphens ( - ) in URLs because they are treated as word separators.
Does it handle Arabic titles?+
It keeps letters it can process and removes unsupported symbols; Latin transliteration is best for URLs.