Slug Generator

A URL slug is the part of a URL that identifies a specific page on a website in a human-readable form. For example, in the URL "example.com/blog/how-to-optimize-images", the slug is "how-to-optimize-images". Good slugs are critical for SEO, user experience, and link sharing.

Our Slug Generator instantly transforms any text — article titles, product names, headings, or phrases — into clean, SEO-friendly URL slugs following web best practices.

What makes a good URL slug?

1. *Lowercase letters only* — Google treats URLs as case-sensitive. Mixed-case URLs can create duplicate content issues. 2. *Hyphens between words* — Google explicitly recommends hyphens (not underscores) as word separators in URLs. 3. *No special characters* — Characters like #, ?, &, and % have special meanings in URLs and should be removed or encoded. 4. *No stop words* — Words like "a", "an", "the", "and", "or" add length without SEO value. Our tool optionally removes them. 5. *Descriptive and concise* — Slugs should describe the page content accurately in as few words as possible (3–5 words is ideal).

SEO impact of URL slugs URL slugs appear in search engine results pages (SERPs) as part of the green URL shown under each result. A descriptive slug reinforces the relevance of your page to the search query and improves click-through rates. Short, readable URLs are also more likely to be shared on social media and linked to naturally.

Customization options Our generator supports custom separators (hyphens, underscores, or dots), optional stop word removal, truncation to a maximum character length, and preservation of numbers for better readability.