URL Slug Generator (Free)

The generator converts &, @, %, $ into word equivalents and strips other special characters. If your input contains unusual Unicode characters, they will be normalised to ASCII first.

Copy the slug from this tool and paste it directly into the URL/slug field in your CMS — do not type the title into the slug field and let the CMS auto-generate it, as it may use different rules.

Try toggling 'Remove stop words' off. For short titles, removing stop words can produce slugs that lack context. For titles under 5 words, keeping stop words often results in better readability.

A URL slug is the part of a URL that identifies a specific page on a website. For example, in https://example.com/blog/seo-tips, the slug is 'seo-tips'. It should be short, readable, and keyword-rich.

Yes. The URL slug is a confirmed (albeit minor) SEO ranking factor. A keyword in the slug appears bolded in search results when it matches the query, which can improve click-through rate.

Always use hyphens. Google's John Mueller has confirmed that hyphens are treated as word separators while underscores are treated as word joiners. 'seo-tips' is read as two words; 'seo_tips' is read as one.

Keep slugs under 75 characters. Shorter is generally better — 3 to 5 words covering the core topic is ideal. Avoid padding slugs with filler words that add length without adding meaning.

It depends. Stop words like 'the', 'a', and 'of' can be removed for shorter slugs. However, if removing them makes the slug awkward or ambiguous, keep them. Readability matters for users sharing the URL.

Yes, but you must set up a 301 redirect from the old URL to the new one. Changing slugs without redirects causes broken links, loss of backlink equity, and 404 errors for visitors with bookmarks.

Yes. Lowercase slugs are standard and prevent duplicate content issues. Some servers treat /Blog and /blog as different URLs, which can split link equity between two versions of the same page.

Avoid spaces, underscores, special characters (#, ?, &, %), uppercase letters, and accented characters. Stick to lowercase a–z, 0–9, and hyphens.

Avoid it in most cases. A slug like /best-seo-tools-2026 becomes outdated and may require a redirect or URL change when you update the post. Timeless slugs like /best-seo-tools age gracefully.

This tool normalises accented characters to their ASCII equivalents (e.g., é → e, ñ → n). For non-Latin scripts, it is best practice to transliterate words into English for international slugs.