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URL Slug Generator

Used by developers, writers, and creators worldwide.

A URL slug generator converts a title or phrase into a clean, URL-friendly slug — lowercase, hyphenated, and stripped of anything that does not belong in a web address. Good slugs matter: they make URLs readable, help with search visibility, and avoid the encoding mess that spaces and punctuation create in a link. This tool lowercases your text, removes accents and special characters, and joins the words with your chosen separator, handling the fiddly edge cases for you. Type a title, pick a hyphen or underscore, and copy the result straight into your CMS, router, or codebase. It is ideal for blog posts, product pages, documentation, and any route that should have a tidy, human-readable URL. Hyphens are the conventional choice for public web URLs because search engines treat them as word separators, while underscores are common in code and file naming where they read more naturally.

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How to use

  1. Choose your options above
  2. Click Generate
  3. Copy your result

Detailed instructions

  1. Type or paste your title or phrase.
  2. Choose a hyphen or underscore separator.
  3. Click Generate to produce the slug.
  4. Copy it into your CMS or router.

Use Cases

  • •Creating a slug for a blog post URL
  • •Generating clean product page routes
  • •Building readable documentation links
  • •Naming files and routes consistently
  • •Cleaning up titles for web addresses

Tips

  • →Prefer hyphens for public web URLs.
  • →Keep slugs short and meaningful.
  • →Avoid changing slugs once a page is live.
  • →Use underscores mainly in code or files.

FAQ

what is a URL slug

A slug is the readable part of a URL that identifies a page, usually derived from its title — like "my-first-post" in a blog address. Good slugs are lowercase, use hyphens between words, and contain no spaces or special characters.

should i use hyphens or underscores

Hyphens are the convention for public web URLs because search engines treat them as word separators, which helps readability and indexing. Underscores are common in code and filenames. For a blog or product URL, hyphens are usually the safer choice.

how are special characters handled

The tool lowercases the text, strips accents, removes punctuation and symbols, and collapses runs of separators into one. The result is a tidy slug safe to use directly in a URL without any further encoding.