Slug / URL Generator
Type a page or post title and instantly get back a clean, lowercase, hyphen-separated slug that's ready to drop into your URL.
How to Use This Tool
Type your title
Enter it exactly as you'd write it for a headline, including punctuation.
Watch the slug generate live
Casing, accents, punctuation and spacing are all cleaned up automatically.
Copy the result
Grab the generated slug from the output box.
Paste it into your CMS
Drop it into your permalink/slug field before publishing.
About the Slug / URL Generator
A slug is the part of a URL that identifies a specific page in a human-readable way — in a URL like example.com/how-to-start-a-blog, "how-to-start-a-blog" is the slug. Good slugs are short, lowercase, use hyphens instead of spaces, and clearly describe the page's content.
Most CMS platforms like WordPress auto-generate a slug from your title, but they don't always clean it up well — accented characters, apostrophes, and special symbols can produce broken or awkward URLs if left unhandled. This tool strips accents, removes punctuation, lowercases everything, and replaces spaces with hyphens in one pass.
A clean slug matters for two reasons: it's easier for both people and search engines to read and understand at a glance, and shorter, keyword-relevant slugs tend to display better in search results without getting visually cluttered or truncated.
Frequently Asked Questions
Should I use hyphens or underscores in a URL slug?
Hyphens. Google has explicitly recommended hyphens over underscores for years, because search engines treat a hyphen as a word separator (so "blog-post" reads as two words), while an underscore is often treated as joining the words together into one.
How long should a slug be?
Shorter is generally better — aim for a slug that clearly conveys the topic in a handful of words rather than reproducing your entire title. A long, wordy slug doesn't hurt rankings directly, but it does look cluttered and can get truncated in search results and social shares.
Should I include my target keyword in the slug?
Yes, it's good practice to include your primary keyword naturally, since the slug is one of the signals search engines use to understand the page topic. Just don't force it awkwardly if it doesn't fit the natural phrasing.
What happens to numbers and special characters like & or %?
Numbers are preserved as-is. Special characters and symbols are stripped out entirely, since they can cause issues in URLs — some symbols have reserved meanings in web addresses and need to be encoded, which is exactly what a clean slug generator avoids by removing them upfront.
Can I change a page's slug after it's already published?
You can, but it will change the page's URL, which can temporarily affect SEO rankings and will break any existing links or bookmarks unless you set up a 301 redirect from the old URL to the new one.
Does this tool support non-English characters, like accented letters?
Yes — accented characters (like é, ñ, ü) are automatically converted to their closest plain-letter equivalent (so é becomes e), since URLs are most reliably handled using standard unaccented characters.