Slug Generator
Convert any text into a clean, URL-safe slug. Handles accented characters, special characters, and multiple separators. Results appear as you type.
About URL Slugs
What is a URL slug?
A slug is the human-readable part of a URL that identifies a specific page, typically derived from its title. For example, the title "Hello World! My First Post" becomes hello-world-my-first-post. Slugs use only lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens — no spaces or special characters.
SEO benefits of clean URLs
Search engines treat slug words as ranking signals. A URL like /blog/best-javascript-tools tells crawlers exactly what the page is about. Google's documentation recommends using descriptive, keyword-rich slugs and avoiding ID-only URLs such as ?p=1234. Short, readable slugs also earn higher click-through rates in search results.
Stop words in URLs
Stop words are common words like "the", "a", "and", "of", and "in" that add little meaning to a URL. Removing them makes slugs shorter and more focused. Compare the-best-tools-for-the-developer versus best-tools-developer. Either is valid — the choice depends on your CMS conventions and how your titles read.
Handling multilingual content
Accented characters like é, ü, ñ, and ç are valid in URLs per RFC 3986 (as percent-encoded sequences) but can cause issues in older systems and analytics tools. This generator transliterates them to their ASCII equivalents — é becomes e, ü becomes u — producing universally compatible slugs.
How to use
- 1Type or paste your text
Enter a title, heading, or phrase — in any language — in the input field.
- 2Get the slug instantly
The URL-safe slug is generated in real time as you type.
- 3Copy the slug
Use the Copy button to grab the result and use it in your CMS, URL, or code.
Frequently asked questions
What is a URL slug?
A slug is the URL-friendly version of a title or name. It uses only lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens, with no spaces or special characters. For example, "My Blog Post Title!" becomes "my-blog-post-title". Slugs are used in blog URLs, product pages, and CMS identifiers.
Does it handle accented characters?
Yes — accented characters are transliterated to their ASCII equivalents before slugifying. For example, é → e, ñ → n, ü → u, ç → c. This works for common Latin-script languages (French, Spanish, German, Portuguese).
What characters are removed?
Everything that is not a letter, digit, or hyphen is removed. Spaces are converted to hyphens. Multiple consecutive hyphens are collapsed into one. Leading and trailing hyphens are stripped.
Is it suitable for multilingual content?
Yes for Latin-based scripts (French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Italian). For languages with non-Latin scripts (Chinese, Arabic, Japanese, Cyrillic), the tool removes the characters since they cannot be represented in ASCII slugs. Consider using a transliteration library for those cases.