Slug Generator – Convert Text to URL-Friendly Slugs (SEO)

How to Use the Slug Generator

1. Pick a mode preset — SEO Friendly, Standard, Filename, or Strict — or customize the options manually.
2. Type or paste your text into the Input box. The slug updates in real time.
3. Adjust the separator, case, max length, and toggle options like stop-word removal.
4. For multiple titles at once, enable Bulk mode — each line becomes its own slug.
5. Click Copy Slug or Copy URL to grab the result.

What Is a URL Slug?

A slug is the human-readable portion of a URL that identifies a specific page — the bit that comes after the domain or category. For example, in https://example.com/blog/beginners-guide-to-seo, "beginners-guide-to-seo" is the slug. Good slugs are short, descriptive, all-lowercase, and use hyphens instead of spaces or special characters. They improve SEO (search engines read keywords in URLs), boost click-through rates, and make links more shareable.

Common Uses for a Slug Generator

• Blog post URLs — generate clean WordPress, Ghost, or Medium permalinks.
• Product pages — turn product names into SEO-friendly e-commerce URLs.
• Documentation — create stable anchor IDs and page paths.
• File names — sanitize titles into safe filenames (underscores mode).
• Database keys — generate human-readable IDs alongside numeric primary keys.
• Bulk content imports — process hundreds of titles at once with bulk mode.
• Multilingual sites — transliterate accented and Unicode characters into ASCII.

Why Choose Our Slug Generator

• Privacy-first — 100% browser-based. Your text never leaves your device.
• Smart transliteration — handles é, ñ, ü, ø, ß, and 50+ accented characters.
• 4 mode presets — SEO, Standard, Filename, Strict — start with the right defaults.
• Bulk mode — generate hundreds of slugs in one go, line by line.
• Stop-word removal — drops weak words like "a", "the", "and" for tighter SEO slugs.
• Live URL preview — see exactly how your slug will look in your site's URL structure.
• No signup, no tracking, no ads in your data.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are stop words and should I remove them?

Stop words are common words like "a", "an", "the", "and", "of", "with" that carry little semantic weight. Removing them produces shorter, keyword-dense slugs better for SEO — "the-best-guide-to-javascript" becomes "best-guide-javascript". For non-SEO purposes (like Git branches or filenames), you may want to keep them for clarity.

Should I use hyphens or underscores in slugs?

For URLs, always use hyphens — Google treats hyphens as word separators but underscores as joining characters. For filenames and code identifiers, underscores are a common convention. Our Filename preset switches to underscores automatically.

How long should a slug be?

For SEO, aim for 3–5 words and under 60 characters. Search engines truncate long URLs in results, and shorter slugs are easier to share verbally or in print. The SEO preset caps at 60 chars by default.

What is transliteration?

Transliteration converts non-ASCII characters (like é, ñ, ü, ø, 中) into their nearest ASCII equivalents (e, n, u, o). This is essential for URL slugs because URLs technically allow only a limited ASCII set, and Unicode URLs are often percent-encoded into unreadable strings.

Does this work offline?

Yes. Once the page is loaded, all slug generation runs in your browser — no internet connection needed.