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Free URL Slug Generator

Paste a page title, blog post headline, or any string, and get a URL-ready slug with hyphens instead of spaces and special characters removed. A small tool for a daily publishing task.

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What is URL Slug Generator?

A URL slug is the readable part of a web address, such as my-blog-post in example.com/blog/my-blog-post. Clean slugs help both readers and search engines understand what a page is about before opening it. This tool removes special characters, converts text to lowercase, and replaces spaces with hyphens so you get the standard format used by most content management systems and static site generators.

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Generate a URL slug from any text by converting it to lowercase, replacing spaces with hyphens, and removing special characters. Use the output as a page URL, file name, or anchor link ID.

Last updated: 2026-06-11

limitations

  • The tool does not detect duplicate slugs across your site. Always check whether the generated slug conflicts with an existing page URL before publishing.
  • Very long input text produces very long slugs. Edit the output manually if the slug exceeds a reasonable length.
  • The slug uses strict ASCII transliteration. Non-ASCII characters such as accented letters are removed, which may not match the expected URL format for some languages.

Sources:MDN Web Docs · W3C Specifications · jquery.app on GitHub

How to use this tool

  1. Paste or type a title, heading, or any text string.
  2. The tool converts it to a clean hyphenated slug instantly.
  3. Review the output and trim any unnecessary words.
  4. Copy the slug for your URL path, file name, or anchor link.

What you can use it for

  • Create SEO-friendly blog post URLs from article headlines.
  • Generate clean file names for static site content directories.
  • Prepare anchor link IDs from section headings for on-page navigation.

Use cases

Practical examples

example

Blog post title to slug

A new article titled 10 Tips for Better Web Typography becomes 10-tips-for-better-web-typography as a clean, crawlable URL path.

example

Page heading to anchor ID

A documentation section heading How to Install the CLI is converted to how-to-install-the-cli and used as the id attribute on the heading element.

Common mistakes

  • Using very long slugs with dozens of words that make URLs hard to read and share.
  • Forgetting to check whether the slug duplicates an existing page URL.
  • Stripping meaningful words that help readers and search engines understand the page topic.

verification

  1. Copy the generated slug and test it as part of a full URL. Open the URL in a browser to confirm it resolves to the correct page.
  2. Check that the slug does not contain double hyphens or trailing hyphens, which may look inconsistent in published URLs.

FAQ

Questions about URL Slug Generator

What characters are removed from slugs?

Spaces are replaced with hyphens. Special characters such as punctuation marks, symbols, quotes, brackets, and accented characters are removed to keep the slug clean.

How long should a URL slug be?

Aim for three to five words. Short slugs are easier to read, type, and share while still conveying what the page is about.

Should I include stop words in a URL slug?

Stop words such as a, an, the, and, of, and in can often be removed from slugs to keep them shorter without losing meaning. For example, tips-for-better-typography is shorter than tips-for-improving-your-typography.

Should I use dashes (-) or underscores (_) in a URL slug?

Use dashes. Google treats dashes as word separators, so best-widget-reviews is read as three separate words: best, widget, reviews. Underscores are treated as joiners 閳ユ攤est_widget_reviews is read as a single term. This affects how search engines match your URL to user queries. Dashes are also easier for users to type and read in the address bar.

How do I handle non-English characters, emoji, or symbols in slugs?

Remove accented characters, emoji, symbols, and non-Latin scripts from slugs, or transliterate them to ASCII equivalents. Use a transliteration library or manual mapping to convert characters like 閻?to u, 鐢?to n, or 閼?to c. For entirely non-Latin languages like Chinese or Arabic, consider using a short English keyword slug or a transliterated romanized version of the title.

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