URL Slug Generator

A slug is the human-readable part of a URL that identifies a specific page, usually derived from the page title. In <code>example.com/blog/how-to-bake-bread</code>, the slug is <code>how-to-bake-bread</code>. Slugs use only lowercase letters, numbers, and a separator character so they are safe to type, share, and read.

Clean, descriptive slugs help both users and search engines understand what a page is about before they even open it. Keywords in the slug can appear in search results and reinforce relevance, while readable URLs earn more clicks and are easier to link to. Cryptic slugs like <code>?id=4821</code> give no context and look less trustworthy in a results page.

Hyphens. Google has long recommended hyphens to separate words in URLs because it treats a hyphen as a word boundary, whereas an underscore can join two words into one token. So <code>red-shoes</code> is read as two words but <code>red_shoes</code> may be read as the single word <code>redshoes</code>. Underscores are fine for filenames or code identifiers, but for public URLs hyphens are the safer default.

This tool transliterates accented Latin characters to their closest ASCII equivalent before building the slug: <code>é</code> becomes <code>e</code>, <code>ñ</code> becomes <code>n</code>, <code>ü</code> becomes <code>u</code>, and <code>ß</code> expands to <code>ss</code>. Any remaining non-alphanumeric character is replaced with the separator. This keeps slugs portable across systems that don't fully support encoded Unicode in URLs.

Stop words are common filler words — <em>a, an, the, and, of, to, in</em> — that carry little meaning on their own. Removing them shortens slugs and concentrates the keywords (<code>the-best-guide-to-coffee</code> becomes <code>best-guide-coffee</code>). It is optional: some prefer the readability of full phrases, others prefer tighter, keyword-dense slugs. Toggle it to see both.

Shorter is generally better. Aim for roughly 3–5 meaningful words and keep slugs under about 60 characters where practical — long slugs get truncated in search results and are awkward to share. Use the max-length option to enforce a hard cap; the tool trims at the limit and removes any trailing separator so the slug never ends on a stray hyphen.

Just pick your options. The answer shows up right away — there is no button to press. Change anything and it updates by itself.

No. The tool is completely free, there is no account to create, and it keeps working offline after the page first loads.

No. The tool works entirely on your device, so the values you enter never leave your browser.