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Slug Generator

Generate SEO-friendly URL slugs

Generated Slug
how-to-make-a-perfect-seo-friendly-url-slug
Example URL:
https://yoursite.com/how-to-make-a-perfect-seo-friendly-url-slug
43
Characters
9
Words
Yes
Readable
Good
SEO Score

How to Use Slug Generator

  1. 1

    Type or paste your title or phrase into the input field.

  2. 2

    The tool converts it to a URL-friendly slug instantly, replacing spaces with hyphens and removing special characters.

  3. 3

    Copy the slug to use in your URL, file name, or CMS.

About Slug Generator

Generate SEO-friendly URL slugs from titles. Handles special characters, spaces, accents. Free.

Best Use Cases

  • Converting a blog post title into a clean URL slug for your CMS
  • Generating URL-friendly file names from document titles
  • Creating consistent slugs for product pages in an online store
  • Converting titles with accents or special characters into ASCII slugs
  • Preparing anchor IDs for heading links in a markdown document

Examples

Blog post URL

Enter 'How to Build a REST API in 2024' and get 'how-to-build-a-rest-api-in-2024'.

Accented title

Enter 'Cafe Resume Naive' with accents and get 'cafe-resume-naive' with accents stripped.

Product name

Enter 'Women's Running Shoes (Size 8)' and get 'womens-running-shoes-size-8'.

Common Mistakes to Avoid

  • !Including stop words like 'the' or 'and' that make slugs unnecessarily long
  • !Not checking for duplicate slugs across existing pages on your site
  • !Using underscores instead of hyphens, which Google treats differently

Limitations

  • Cannot check if the slug already exists on your website
  • May not handle every non-Latin script perfectly
  • Does not suggest shorter keyword-focused alternatives automatically

Frequently Asked Questions

What makes a good URL slug?

A good slug is short, lowercase, hyphens instead of spaces, no special characters, includes target keyword, and describes the page content.