URL Slug Generator — Turn Any Title Into a Clean, SEO-Friendly Slug
Type or paste a post title and get a clean URL slug instantly: lowercase, hyphens instead of spaces, accents converted to plain letters, punctuation and junk characters removed. Use batch mode to slug a whole content plan in one go — every title converted, duplicates made unique, ready to copy or download. Everything runs in your browser; nothing is uploaded.
What Is a URL Slug?
A slug is the part of a URL that identifies the page in words: in todaycreators.com/p/url-slug-generator.html, the slug is url-slug-generator. It is the only part of the address a reader actually reads — in search results, in a shared link, in the browser tab — so it should say what the page is about, in a few clean words, with nothing else in it. Search engines read it too: a descriptive slug is a small but real relevance signal, and a readable one earns more clicks than a string of numbers and symbols.
How to Use This Slug Generator (Step by Step)
- Type your title in the first box. The slug is generated live as you type — no button to press.
- Set your rules once: hyphens (recommended) or underscores, an optional maximum length, whether to strip stop words, and whether numbers stay.
- Check the preview. The full URL under your own domain shows exactly how the address will look; the counter shows characters and words.
- Copy the slug (or the full URL) and paste it where your platform asks for a permalink — in Blogger, that is the Permalink box in the post editor.
- For a content plan, paste every title into batch mode, one per line, and download the whole title-and-slug sheet as a CSV.
The Rules of a Good Slug
| Rule | Why, and what this tool does |
|---|---|
| Lowercase only | Mixed-case URLs create duplicate-address confusion on some servers. The tool lowercases by default. |
| Hyphens between words | Google treats a hyphen as a word separator and an underscore as a word joiner — slug-generator reads as two words, slug_generator as one glued word. Hyphens are the default here. |
| Short and keyword-focused | Three to five meaningful words is the common working range. Long slugs get truncated in search results and shared links. Set a max length and the tool trims at a word boundary, never mid-word. |
| No punctuation or special characters | Characters like !, ?, %, & get encoded, break when copied, or confuse parsers. They are stripped; an ampersand becomes the word "and" instead of vanishing. |
| Accents become plain letters | Café becomes cafe, niño becomes nino — URLs travel safest in plain a–z. |
| One slug per page, kept forever | Slugs are addresses. Plan them in advance with batch mode so two posts never fight over the same one. |
Should You Remove Stop Words?
Words like a, the, of, to, and, in carry little meaning on their own, and older SEO advice stripped them all out. The honest position today: it is optional. Google understands them fine either way; removing them simply makes the slug shorter, which helps when a title is long. Keep them when they make the slug read naturally ("how-to" is two "stop words" and is also the whole keyword). This tool leaves the choice to you, per title — the checkbox applies to the single converter, batch mode and the cleaner alike. One guard: if a title is only stop words, the tool keeps the words rather than returning an empty slug.
Batch Mode: Slug a Whole Content Plan at Once
Most slug tools convert one title at a time. If you plan content the way serious blogs do — a sheet of upcoming titles — that is the wrong shape. Batch mode takes the entire list: paste one title per line and get a two-column result, title beside slug, with duplicates automatically numbered (-2, -3) so no two posts collide. Copy the slugs alone, copy the pairs, or download a CSV that drops straight into your planning sheet next to publish dates and categories. The sample button loads a small plan so you can see the shape before pasting your own.
A Note for Blogger Users
Blogger builds a post's URL from its title automatically, and the automatic version is not always the one you want — it can cut a long title off in an awkward place. You do not have to accept it: while writing a post, open Permalink in the right-hand settings panel, choose Custom Permalink, and paste the slug you made here. Two cautions. First, set the slug before publishing whenever you can. Second, if you change the slug of a post that is already live and linked or indexed, the old address breaks — Blogger offers Custom Redirects in Settings to point the old URL at the new one, so set that up in the same sitting. For more platform know-how, the Blogger guides hub and the Blogging guides hub collect it, and the SEO guides hub covers what happens after the URL is live.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a URL slug, in simple words?
It is the readable tail of a web address — the words after the domain that name the page. In example.com/best-seo-tools, the slug is best-seo-tools. Readers see it in search results and shared links, and search engines use it as a small topic signal.
How long should a slug be?
There is no hard limit that breaks anything, but short wins in practice: roughly 3–5 words covering the keyword. Very long slugs get cut off in search results and look messy when shared. If your title is long, set the max-length field (50–60 characters is a common working cap) and the tool trims at a word boundary.
Hyphens or underscores in a URL?
Hyphens. Google has long treated the hyphen as a word separator and the underscore as a joiner, so slug-generator is read as two words while slug_generator is read as one long word. The underscore option exists for platforms and personal conventions that require it — the default is hyphens.
Should I remove stop words from my slug?
Only if it makes the slug cleaner. It is not a ranking requirement — Google reads "the" and "of" without trouble — but on long titles, stripping them brings the keyword forward and the length down. Leave them when the phrase needs them, as in how-to-start-a-blog.
Can I change a slug after the post is published?
You can, but treat it as moving house: every link to the old address, including Google's index entry, points at a URL that no longer exists. If you must change it, set a redirect from the old URL to the new one at the same time (Blogger: Settings → Custom Redirects) and update your own internal links.
What does the tool do with numbers in a title?
By default, numbers are kept — "10 best tools" becomes 10-best-tools, which is usually what you want, since the number is part of the promise. Untick "Keep numbers" if your house style drops them.
Does this work for WordPress and other platforms too?
Yes. A slug is a slug — the rules (lowercase, hyphens, a–z, 0–9) are the same everywhere. Generate here, then paste into WordPress's permalink field, Blogger's custom permalink, or any CMS that lets you set the URL.
Why did my title produce an empty slug?
That happens when the title has no Latin letters or numbers at all — for example a title written fully in Devanagari, Arabic or Chinese script, or one made only of symbols. Give the tool a short English version of the title and use that as the slug.
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