A slug is the readable part of a URL that identifies a page, like best-running-shoes-2026 in example.com/blog/best-running-shoes-2026. Good slugs are short, lowercase, use hyphens between words, and contain only plain letters and numbers. That makes them easier to read, share and remember, and gives search engines and people a clear hint about the page's topic. Titles rarely fit those rules: they contain capitals, apostrophes, accents (Café Crème), ampersands, emoji and punctuation. This free URL slug generator converts any title into a clean slug instantly. It transliterates accented letters (é → e, ß → ss, ø → o, and so on), turns "&" into "and", removes apostrophes without leaving gaps ("don't" → "dont"), and strips symbols and emoji. It also collapses repeated separators and trims hyphens at either end. Options let you remove stop words like "the", "a" and "of" (many platforms, including Blogger, do this automatically, so the preview shows what you'll actually get), choose hyphens or underscores, keep or lowercase the case, and set a maximum length that cuts at a word boundary. Paste a whole list for bulk mode, one title per line, with duplicates automatically numbered. It all runs in your browser.
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Slug best practices
- Keep it short: 3–6 meaningful words.
- Include the main keyword.
- Avoid dates if you plan to update the page.
- Never change a live slug without a 301 redirect.
FAQ
Should I remove stop words?
Often yes, for shorter slugs, but keep them if removing makes the slug confusing. Blogger strips some stop words automatically.
Hyphens or underscores?
Hyphens. Google treats hyphens as word separators; underscores join words.
Can slugs contain non-English characters?
They can, but they become long percent-encoded strings when shared. Plain ASCII is safest.
Is my text uploaded?
No. Slugs are generated in your browser.
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