Slug Generator
Convert text to URL-friendly slugs. Remove special characters, replace spaces with hyphens, handle Unicode, and create SEO-optimized slugs for pages, posts, and products.
Separator:
Generated Slug
26 charshello-world-this-is-a-test
https://example.com/blog/hello-world-this-is-a-test
More Examples
Hello World! This is a Test.hello-world-this-is-a-test
The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over the Lazy Dogthe-quick-brown-fox-jumps-over-the-lazy-dog
10 Best SEO Tools for 202410-best-seo-tools-for-2024
Ärger über schlechte Übersetzungenarger-uber-schlechte-ubersetzungen
Comment améliorer votre référencementcomment-ameliorer-votre-referencement
How to Use Slug Generator
- 1Type or paste text into the input field.
- 2See the slug generated in real time.
- 3Choose separator (hyphen or underscore) and case options.
- 4Copy the slug to use in your CMS or code.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is a URL slug?▾
A URL slug is the part of a URL that identifies a specific page in a human-readable way. In https://example.com/blog/my-first-post, the slug is "my-first-post". Slugs replace spaces with hyphens, use lowercase, and remove special characters to create clean, SEO-friendly URLs. Search engines and users prefer descriptive, readable slugs over IDs like /post?id=1234. Good slugs include keywords, are concise, and avoid stop words like "a", "the", "and".
How does WordPress generate slugs?▾
WordPress automatically generates slugs from post titles when you first publish. It lowercases the title, replaces spaces and special characters with hyphens, and removes stop words in some configurations. You can edit the slug manually in the post editor. WordPress uses the sanitize_title() function which handles Unicode transliteration (é → e) and strips HTML tags. Custom permalink structures control how slugs appear in the full URL.
What is Unicode transliteration in slugs?▾
Transliteration converts non-ASCII characters to ASCII equivalents: é → e, ü → u, ñ → n, 中文 → zhong-wen, Ärger → arger. This ensures slugs work across all systems and don't require URL encoding (%C3%A9 for é). Modern browsers and servers do support Unicode URLs (IDN - Internationalized Domain Names), but ASCII slugs remain more portable. Libraries like "slugify" (npm) or "python-slugify" handle transliteration for 100+ scripts.
What is the SEO impact of slugs?▾
Slugs are an on-page SEO signal. Include the primary keyword in the slug: /blog/best-seo-tools not /blog/post-12345. Keep slugs short — Google typically shows 50-60 characters in search results; URLs beyond that get truncated. Avoid changing slugs after indexing (broken links, lost PageRank). Use hyphens (-) not underscores (_) — Google treats hyphens as word separators, underscores as word joiners. Remove dates from slugs for evergreen content.
Hyphens vs underscores in URLs?▾
Google officially recommends hyphens over underscores. With hyphens: "seo_tools" is treated as one word "seotools"; with hyphens: "seo-tools" = two words "seo" and "tools". Hyphens produce better word separation for search engines. Underscores are sometimes used in database-style internal routes. Stack Overflow uses hyphens; Wikipedia uses underscores (but for their specific URL scheme). For public-facing SEO content URLs, always use hyphens.