Slug Generator
Convert any title or text into a clean, URL-friendly slug — lowercase, hyphenated, accent-free. Great for SEO. Free and in-browser.
How to use the Slug Generator
- 1Paste or type your title, heading, or text into the input box at the top of the Slug Generator.
- 2Watch the slug appear instantly in the output field below, updated live as you type or edit.
- 3Adjust any available options, such as choosing the hyphen or underscore separator and toggling whether numbers or stop words are kept.
- 4Review the generated slug to confirm it is readable and free of accents, punctuation, and double hyphens.
- 5Click the Copy button to place the slug on your clipboard, ready to paste into your CMS, code, or URL.
- 6Clear the field and paste a new title to generate the next slug — repeat as many times as you need.
About the Slug Generator
The Slug Generator turns any headline, article title, product name, or raw sentence into a clean, URL-safe slug: all lowercase, words joined by single hyphens, with accents and special characters stripped away. Paste "Café Menu: 10 Best Dishes in São Paulo!" and it returns cafe-menu-10-best-dishes-in-sao-paulo. Everything happens locally in your browser using JavaScript string processing. Your text is never uploaded, logged, or sent to any server, which makes the tool safe for unpublished drafts, internal project names, or client titles you would rather not leak.
Technically, the generator normalizes Unicode (NFD form) so accented letters like é, ñ, ü, and å decompose into a base letter plus a diacritic mark, then removes the marks to give plain ASCII. It lowercases the whole string, replaces spaces and punctuation with hyphens, collapses runs of multiple hyphens into one, and trims leading and trailing hyphens so you never get a slug like -my-post-. The result is copy-paste ready for a CMS, a static site route, or a database key.
Real use cases are everywhere. Bloggers and SEO writers generate the /post-title portion of a permalink so search engines and readers see a readable, keyword-rich URL instead of ?id=4521. Developers create stable identifiers for files, anchor links, API endpoints, and folder names. E-commerce teams build product handles for platforms like Shopify or WordPress. Documentation authors create heading anchors that match their titles.
A few practical tips: keep slugs short by trimming filler words such as "the," "a," and "of" before generating, since concise slugs perform better in search results and are easier to share. Avoid changing a slug after a page is published, because that breaks existing links unless you set up a redirect. If you paste a whole paragraph, the tool still produces a valid slug, but you will usually want just the title. Because it is client-side, it also works offline once the page has loaded, and there are no usage limits, sign-ups, or ads inside the tool.
Frequently asked questions
How does the generator handle accented and non-English characters?
It uses Unicode NFD normalization to split accented letters into a base character plus a diacritic, then removes the diacritics. So é becomes e, ñ becomes n, and ü becomes u. Characters from scripts that have no ASCII equivalent, such as Chinese or Arabic, cannot be transliterated this way and are typically dropped, so for those languages you may want to write a manual romanized slug.
What happens to numbers, symbols, and emoji in my text?
Numbers are kept because they are valid and useful in URLs (for example 10-best-tools). Symbols and punctuation like !, ?, &, and commas are converted to hyphens or removed, and consecutive hyphens are collapsed into one. Emoji and other non-alphanumeric characters are stripped out entirely, leaving a clean ASCII slug.
Is there a length limit on the slug?
The tool itself does not impose a hard limit, so a long paragraph produces a long slug. For SEO, however, shorter is better — aim for a handful of meaningful words. Remove filler and stop words before or after generating, since search engines and users both favor concise, descriptive URLs.
Can I safely paste unpublished or confidential titles?
Yes. All processing runs in your browser with JavaScript, and nothing is sent to a server, stored, or logged. You can even disconnect from the internet after the page loads and the generator still works, which makes it safe for draft posts, internal codenames, or client project titles.
Should I update a slug after the page is already live?
Generally no. Once a URL is published and indexed, changing its slug breaks existing links and any inbound backlinks unless you add a 301 redirect from the old slug to the new one. Finalize your slug before publishing, and only change it later if you also configure the proper redirect in your CMS or server.
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Frequently asked questions
Does it remove accents?+
Yes — accented characters are transliterated and spaces become hyphens.