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Slug generator

Turn a headline into a clean URL slug: lowercase, no accents or special characters, words joined by hyphens. Set a maximum length if you need one. The headline stays in your browser and nothing is uploaded, so you can prepare slugs for unpublished posts.

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How it works

  1. Paste your text

    Type or paste the text in the left box, or open a .txt file. No text to hand? Click Example.

  2. Instant result

    The result appears as you type. Change the options and see straight away what changes.

  3. Copy or download

    Copy the result with one click, save it as a file or use it as input for a next step.

Example

One café & 10 tips for a better website! becomes one-cafe-and-10-tips-for-a-better-website.

  • Accents are removed (café becomes cafe) and & becomes and.
  • Punctuation and symbols disappear.
  • Choose a hyphen (best for URLs) or an underscore as separator.
  • Set a maximum length (0 means no limit): the slug is cut at a whole word, never in the middle of one.
  • Paste a list and every line becomes its own slug.

Good slugs

Search engines read hyphens as word separators, so my-first-post is preferred over my_first_post. Keep slugs short and descriptive, and don't change a slug once the page is live without setting up a redirect.

Letters from other languages

Accented Latin letters lose their accent and common special letters are transcribed: Straße in München becomes strasse-in-munchen and Łódź becomes lodz. If you only need to remove accents without changing anything else, use remove accents; to strip punctuation, remove special characters.

Code identifiers

For code identifiers rather than URLs, use kebab case or snake case.

Frequently asked questions

What is a slug?

The part of a URL that names the page, such as `one-cafe-and-10-tips` in `example.com/blog/one-cafe-and-10-tips`. A good slug is short, lowercase and readable.

Hyphen or underscore?

Hyphens. Search engines treat a hyphen as a space between words, while an underscore joins them, so `my-first-post` is read as three words and `my_first_post` as one. The underscore option is there for file names and code.

How does the maximum length work?

The slug is cut at a whole word, never in the middle of one. With a maximum of 30, a long title becomes `this-is-a-rather-long-title` (27 characters) instead of ending in half a word.

Should I change a slug after publishing?

Avoid it. Links and search results point to the old URL. If you must change it, set up a permanent redirect from the old slug to the new one.