URL Slug Generator

Create clean, SEO-friendly URL slugs from any title or heading. Handles special characters, stop words, and custom separators with live output.

Type a title above to generate a clean URL slug.

About the Slug Generator

A URL slug is the human-readable part of a URL that identifies a page. Clean slugs like /how-to-brew-coffee rank better and get more clicks than messy ones like /p=123&cat=5. This generator converts any title into a clean, lowercase, hyphen-separated slug and lets you customize the separator and stop-word handling.

How to use the URL Slug Generator

  1. 1Type or paste your page title into the input field. The slug generates instantly below.
  2. 2Choose a separator: hyphen (recommended for SEO) or underscore.
  3. 3Toggle stop-word removal to strip words like the, a, and from that add no SEO value.
  4. 4Edit the slug directly in the output field if you want to fine-tune it, then copy it.

Best practices

  • Use hyphens as separators, not underscores. Google treats hyphens as word separators but underscores as part of the word.
  • Keep slugs short — 3 to 5 words is ideal. Long slugs get truncated in search results and look spammy.
  • Remove stop words like the, a, and, of. They add length without adding meaning.
  • Use lowercase letters only. Mixed case URLs can cause duplicate-content issues on some servers.
  • Avoid changing slugs after publishing. If you must, set up a 301 redirect from the old URL to the new one.

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