How to Generate a URL Slug
A slug is the readable part of a URL that identifies a page — the best-coffee-in-town at the end of an address. A good slug is short, lowercase, hyphen-separated and free of accents and symbols, which helps both search engines and people understand what the page is about. This generator produces exactly that. Paste a title and it flattens accented characters to their plain ASCII equivalents, strips punctuation, emoji and other symbols, and joins the remaining words with your chosen separator. Choose a hyphen — recommended for SEO — or an underscore, force lowercase for consistency, and optionally remove common stop words like the and of to keep the slug tight. A live preview shows the slug inside a full example URL so you can see the finished result. Everything runs in your browser, so your titles never leave your device. Copy the slug with one click when it's ready.
Paste a title
Enter your headline, product name or any text.
Set the options
Pick a separator and toggle lowercase and stop-word removal.
Copy the slug
Grab the clean, URL-ready slug with one click.
What Makes a Good Slug
Short & descriptive
The best slugs are concise but still describe the page. Removing filler and stop words keeps the important keywords front and centre, which is friendlier for readers and search engines alike.
Lowercase & hyphenated
Lowercase avoids duplicate-URL issues on case-sensitive servers, and hyphens are the widely recommended word separator for URLs because search engines treat them as spaces between words.
Common Use Cases
Blog post URLs
Turn an article headline into a clean permalink.
Product pages
Create tidy slugs for e-commerce product URLs.
CMS entries
Generate slugs for WordPress, Ghost or any CMS.
Documentation
Make anchor-friendly slugs for docs and wikis.
Category & tag pages
Build consistent slugs for taxonomy pages.
File names
Produce safe, readable file and asset names.
Static sites
Slugify titles for static-site generators.
Multilingual titles
Flatten accented or non-Latin titles into ASCII slugs.
Tips & Best Practices
Prefer hyphens
Search engines treat hyphens as word separators, so use them rather than underscores in URLs.
Keep it short
Trim to the key words; shorter slugs are easier to read, share and remember.
Use stop-word removal sparingly
Dropping small words tightens slugs, but keep them if they're needed for meaning.
Stay lowercase
Lowercase slugs avoid duplicate-content issues on case-sensitive servers.
Don't change live slugs
Editing a published slug breaks existing links unless you add a redirect.
Include the main keyword
A relevant keyword in the slug helps both users and search engines understand the page.
Troubleshooting
My accents disappeared
That's intended — accented letters are flattened to plain ASCII (café to cafe) so the slug is universally URL-safe.
The slug is empty
If every word was a stop word, removal is skipped so you still get a slug. Otherwise, check the input has letters or numbers.
Non-Latin text vanished
Characters without an ASCII equivalent are removed. For non-Latin URLs, keep the original script instead of slugifying.
Underscores in my URL
You selected the underscore separator. Switch to hyphen, which is the SEO-recommended choice for URLs.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I generate a URL slug for free?
Paste your title above and a clean slug appears instantly. Copy it with one click — free, no signup.
What is a URL slug?
The human-readable part of a URL that identifies a page, like best-coffee-guide at the end of an address.
Does it handle accents?
Yes. Accented characters are flattened to plain ASCII, so café becomes cafe and the slug stays URL-safe.
Hyphen or underscore — which is better?
Hyphens. Search engines treat them as word separators, so they're the recommended choice for SEO.
What are stop words?
Small, common words like the, a and of. You can optionally remove them for shorter, keyword-focused slugs.
Can I keep uppercase letters?
Yes. Turn off the lowercase option to preserve the original casing, though lowercase is usually best for URLs.
Does it remove symbols and emoji?
Yes. Punctuation, emoji and other special characters are stripped so only URL-safe characters remain.
Is there a live preview?
Yes. The slug is shown inside a full example URL so you can see the finished result.
Is my text sent anywhere?
No. Everything runs in your browser, so your titles never leave your device.
Can I copy the slug?
Yes. One click copies the finished slug to your clipboard.
Does it update as I type?
Yes. The slug and preview recompute live with each keystroke or option change.
Why did all my text disappear?
Non-Latin characters without an ASCII equivalent are removed. Keep the original script for non-Latin URLs.
Is there a length limit?
No fixed limit, but shorter slugs are better for readability and sharing.
Will changing a slug break links?
Yes, editing a published slug breaks existing links unless you set up a redirect from the old URL.
Does it work offline?
Once the page has loaded it runs entirely in your browser, so it keeps working without a connection.
Is it good for WordPress?
Yes. The slugs it produces work in WordPress and any other CMS or static-site generator.
Does it work on phones?
Yes, in any modern browser on Windows, Mac, Android or iPhone with nothing to install.
Is this tool really free?
Completely free, forever — no account, no ads and no premium wall.
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Last updated: August 2026 · FlipMyFormat URL Slug Generator
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