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URL Slug Generator

Convert text to clean URL slugs — lowercase, hyphen-separated, with special characters removed. Perfect for creating SEO-friendly URLs.

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The URL Slug Generator converts any text into a clean, URL-friendly slug. It lowercases all letters, replaces spaces and special characters with hyphens, removes accents from characters, and strips any non-alphanumeric characters to produce a clean, readable URL segment.

SEO-friendly URLs are important for search engine rankings and user experience. Slugs like "how-to-create-url-slugs" are more readable and shareable than encoded URLs with special characters. This tool follows best practices for slug generation used by WordPress, Medium, and other content platforms.

All processing happens in your browser — no server communication is needed. Use this tool for blog posts, product pages, category URLs, or any content that needs a clean URL.

How to Use URL Slug Generator

  1. 1Type or paste your title, heading, or text into the input area.
  2. 2The URL slug is generated instantly as you type.
  3. 3The output is lowercase with words separated by hyphens.
  4. 4Copy the slug and use it in your CMS, blog platform, or code.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a URL slug?▾
A URL slug is the part of a web address that identifies a specific page in a human-readable format. For example, in 'example.com/blog/my-first-post', the slug is 'my-first-post'. Good slugs are lowercase, use hyphens between words, and avoid special characters.
Why are URL slugs important for SEO?▾
Search engines use URL structure as a ranking signal. Clean, descriptive slugs help search engines understand page content and improve click-through rates because users can read and understand the URL before clicking.
How are accented characters handled?▾
Accented characters are normalized to their base ASCII equivalents. For example, 'cafe with accent' becomes 'cafe', and similar transformations apply to other accented characters. This ensures slugs work correctly in all browsers and systems.
Should I use hyphens or underscores in URL slugs?▾
Hyphens are strongly recommended over underscores. Google treats hyphens as word separators but treats underscores as word joiners, so 'my-blog-post' is parsed as three separate words while 'my_blog_post' may be treated as one. This tool uses hyphens following industry best practices.