🔗 Slug Generator
Convert text into clean, SEO-friendly URL slugs in your browser.
What is a Slug Generator?
A slug generator turns text, usually a page title, into a URL-safe path segment called a slug. For example, a title like "How to Build a Fast API in 2026" can become "how-to-build-a-fast-api-in-2026". Slugs are used in article URLs, product pages, docs pages, and category paths. They help both users and search engines understand page content quickly.
Good slugs are readable, consistent, and stable. They typically use lowercase letters, numbers, and separators such as hyphens. They avoid spaces, punctuation, and special symbols that can cause encoding noise or ugly links. A well-formed slug improves link clarity when shared in chat, social media, or email, and it can support better crawl behavior for search engines.
This tool gives you practical controls for slug generation: separator choice, lowercase normalization, diacritic removal, optional stopword removal, number filtering, and max-length trimming. Everything runs in your browser with no server roundtrip, making it fast for content editors and developers working on static sites, CMS migrations, and SEO cleanup tasks.
How to Use This Tool
- Paste a page title or phrase into the input field.
- Choose your preferred separator style, such as hyphen.
- Set max length and optional filters like stopword removal.
- Click Generate or type live to produce your slug.
- Copy the slug and use it in your route, URL path, or file name.
Key Features
- Generates clean slugs from messy titles in one click.
- Supports custom separators: hyphen, underscore, or dot.
- Optional lowercase conversion and accent normalization.
- Optional stopword and number filtering for cleaner URLs.
- Length limit to help keep URLs short and readable.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why are hyphens common in slugs?
Hyphens are widely used because they are readable, SEO-friendly, and supported consistently across systems and CMS platforms.
Should I remove stopwords?
It depends. Removing stopwords can shorten URLs, but keeping them can preserve meaning. Use whatever keeps the slug clear and stable.
Can I change existing slugs later?
You can, but add proper redirects to avoid broken links and ranking loss. For published pages, keep slug changes minimal.
Does this tool upload my text?
No. Processing is done locally in your browser.