URL Slug Generator

About URL Slug Generator

A slug is the URL-friendly version of a title or text. Good slugs are essential for SEO, readability, and sharing. This tool converts any text into clean, SEO-optimized URL slugs.

What Makes a Good URL Slug?

• Lowercase: URLs are case-sensitive; lowercase is standard and prevents duplicates
• Hyphens as separators: Google treats hyphens as word separators (underscores are not)
• No special characters: Only letters, numbers, and separators
• Concise: 3-5 words (50-75 characters) is ideal for SEO
• Descriptive: Include target keywords for search ranking

Features

• Transliteration: Converts accented characters (é→e, ñ→n, ü→u)
• Stop word removal: Optionally removes common words (the, a, an, is, in, etc.)
• Bulk generation: Process multiple titles at once (one per line)
• Custom separators: Hyphen, underscore, or dot
• Length limit: Truncate at word boundaries for clean URLs

FAQ

Should I remove stop words from slugs?

It depends. For blog posts, removing stop words makes URLs shorter and cleaner. For page titles where every word matters for meaning, keep them. Google's guidance is that URL structure matters less than content quality.

Hyphens or underscores?

Use hyphens. Google's John Mueller has confirmed that Google treats hyphens as word separators in URLs, while underscores join words. Most CMS platforms default to hyphens.

How long should a URL slug be?

Aim for 50-75 characters (3-5 words). Google displays up to ~512 pixels of the URL in search results (roughly 50-60 characters). Shorter URLs are also easier to share and remember.