Slug Generator
Turn any title into a clean, URL-safe slug — one per line, in bulk.
Start typing above and the result appears here.
How to use Slug Generator
Paste your titles
One per line. A whole content calendar can be converted in a single pass.
Choose a separator and length
Hyphen and 60 characters suit almost every CMS. Change them only if your platform requires it.
Copy the slugs
Output lines match input lines exactly, so you can paste the column straight back into a spreadsheet.
Why use this slug generator
Runs on your device
Your input is handled entirely in this browser tab. Nothing is uploaded, so there is nothing for us to store, log or leak.
No sign-up, no quota
No account, no daily limit, no watermark and no email wall. Use it once or two hundred times a day.
Built to be linked
Options are stored in the URL, so a configured tool is a link you can send to a colleague or bookmark.
Technical notes
Accented characters are transliterated, not deleted. The input is normalised to NFD first, which separates a letter from its combining accent, so only the accent is dropped and the letter survives. Tools that strip non-ASCII in one pass turn Münster into mnster — a slug nobody can read and no search engine can match.
Transliteration compared with the common strip-non-ASCII approach
| Input | Strip non-ASCII | This tool |
|---|---|---|
| Café Münster | caf-mnster | cafe-munster |
| Straße & Weg | strae-weg | strasse-weg |
| Ærø Island | r-island | aero-island |
| Đà Nẵng | na-nng | da-nang |
Supported
- Latin transliteration for accents, ß, ø, æ and đ
- Bulk conversion, one slug per input line
- Word-boundary truncation to a chosen maximum length
- Optional English stop-word removal
Limits and trade-offs
- Non-Latin scripts (Bangla, Arabic, CJK) are not romanised — those characters are removed. Romanise first if you need a Latin slug.
- Numbers are preserved, so "2026" stays in the slug. Edit the title if you want an evergreen URL.
Last verified August 2026 · benchmarks re-run each quarter.
Frequently asked questions
Should a URL slug use hyphens or underscores?
Hyphens. Google has stated for years that it reads a hyphen as a word separator and an underscore as a word joiner, so "compress_pdf" can be read as one token while "compress-pdf" is read as two words. Every major CMS defaults to hyphens for the same reason.
What happens to accented characters?
They are transliterated to their closest ASCII form: é becomes e, ü becomes u, ß becomes ss, ø becomes o and æ becomes ae. Many tools simply delete them, which turns "Münster" into "mnster".
How long should a slug be?
Under about 60 characters is a sensible working limit — long enough to carry the keyword, short enough to display in full in a search result and in a shared link. This is a readability convention, not a ranking rule.
Should I remove stop words?
Usually not. Removing "the" and "of" makes a slug marginally shorter but can make it harder to read, and there is no evidence of a ranking benefit. The option exists for platforms with tight URL limits.
Can I change a slug after publishing?
You can, but do not unless you must. The URL is the identity of the page for search engines and for anyone who linked to it. If you have to change one, set a 301 redirect from the old URL and expect a temporary dip.