About the URL Slug Generator
This URL slug generator converts a page title, product name or headline into a clean slug — the readable part of a URL such as /blog/how-to-save-money. It lowercases the text, turns accented and non-Latin letters into plain ASCII (é → e, ß → ss, Привет → privet), replaces spaces and punctuation with a separator, and removes anything that would need percent-encoding.
It is for bloggers, marketers, developers and store owners who want consistent, human-readable URLs. You can drop common stop words ("the", "and", "of"), limit the slug length without cutting a word in half, choose hyphens or underscores, and paste a list of titles to slugify them all at once — one per line.
Hyphens are the safest choice for SEO because search engines treat them as word separators, while underscores join words together. Once a page is published and indexed, avoid changing its slug; if you must, add a 301 redirect from the old URL.
How to use the url slug generator
- 1Paste a title, or several titles on separate lines.
- 2Pick a separator — hyphens are recommended for SEO.
- 3Optionally remove stop words and set a maximum length.
- 4Copy the slug, or the full list for bulk imports.
Formula and method
The generator first replaces "&" with "and" and "@" with "at", maps special letters (ß, æ, ø, Cyrillic and Greek characters) to Latin equivalents, then uses Unicode NFD normalisation to split accented letters into a base letter plus a combining mark and drops the marks, so "Crème" becomes "Creme".
The text is lowercased, apostrophes are removed so "don’t" becomes "dont", and every run of characters other than a–z and 0–9 becomes a single separator; leading and trailing separators are trimmed. Optional stop-word removal drops short function words, and the length limit cuts at the last whole word that fits.
Worked examples
Blog post headline
The ampersand becomes "and", the exclamation mark and spaces become hyphens, and everything is lowercased, giving a 55-character, 11-word slug.
Stop words removed, 30-character limit
Removing "for", "on", "and" and "in" leaves 10-tips-saving-money-groceries-bills-2026. The 30-character limit then stops at the last complete word, "groceries", which lands exactly on 30 characters.
Accents, symbols and underscores (bulk)
Accents are stripped (è → e, û → u, é → e), ß becomes ss and Æ/ø become ae/o. The Cyrillic title "Привет мир" is romanised to privet_mir. Both lines are converted in one pass.
Frequently asked questions
What is a URL slug?+
A slug is the human-readable part of a URL that identifies a specific page, such as "best-savings-accounts" in example.com/blog/best-savings-accounts. Good slugs are short, lowercase, descriptive and contain only letters, numbers and hyphens.
Should I use hyphens or underscores in URLs?+
Use hyphens. Google’s URL structure guidelines recommend hyphens to separate words because they are treated as word boundaries, whereas underscores can cause words to be read as one long token.
Should I remove stop words from slugs?+
Often yes — dropping words like "the", "and" and "of" makes slugs shorter and cleaner. Keep them when removing them changes the meaning or makes the slug awkward, for example "to-be-or-not-to-be".
How long should a URL slug be?+
There is no hard limit, but 3–6 meaningful words (roughly under 60–75 characters) is a common best practice. Short slugs are easier to share, read and remember and are less likely to be cut off in search results.
Can I change a slug after publishing?+
You can, but the old URL will break and any rankings or backlinks it earned are at risk. If you change it, set up a permanent 301 redirect from the old slug to the new one.