What this tool does

Convert titles into clean SEO-friendly URL slugs with separators, length limits, and lowercase formatting.

  • Convert How to Build Better URLs into how-to-build-better-urls.
  • Remove stop words from long article titles.
  • Switch between hyphen and underscore separators.

Slug Generator

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When this tool is a good fit

Slug Generator helps when you need lowercase, separator-based slugs ready for URLs from a title, heading, product name, or phrase. It is most useful for creating clean URL slugs for blog posts, product pages, docs, landing pages, and campaign URLs. The notes below focus on the settings that matter, the checks worth doing before you export, and the limits that tend to cause mistakes.

  • Takes a title, heading, product name, or phrase.
  • Lets you adjust separator, stop word removal, max length, lowercase behavior, and character cleanup.
  • Calls out what to review: readability, duplicate slugs, keyword clarity, and whether important words were removed.
  • Produces lowercase, separator-based slugs ready for URLs.
  • Fits common jobs such as creating clean URL slugs for blog posts, product pages, docs, landing pages, and campaign URLs.

Example jobs

  • Convert How to Build Better URLs into how-to-build-better-urls.
  • Remove stop words from long article titles.
  • Switch between hyphen and underscore separators.

How to use Slug Generator

  1. Prepare a title, heading, product name, or phrase.
  2. Set separator, stop word removal, max length, lowercase behavior, and character cleanup before running the tool.
  3. Generate or process the result, then review readability, duplicate slugs, keyword clarity, and whether important words were removed.
  4. Copy, export, or download lowercase, separator-based slugs ready for URLs.
  5. Run a second pass if the destination system, document, or workflow has stricter requirements.

What to know before you use it

  • Text is normalized, punctuation is removed, and separators are collapsed.
  • Accent marks can be transliterated with Unicode normalization.
  • If unsupported characters leave no slug, the tool explains the issue.
  • Slugs should be stable because changing them later usually requires redirects.
  • Removing accents and punctuation improves compatibility but can change how names look.

Checks and edge cases

  • Keep slugs short enough to read in analytics exports and search snippets.
  • Avoid dates in slugs unless the date is part of the permanent topic.

How your data is handled

This tool works in your browser. Toolumina does not upload or keep the content you enter here.

FAQ

Why use hyphens?

Hyphens are widely readable in URLs and commonly recommended for SEO-friendly slugs.

Does it transliterate Chinese?

This tool does not convert Chinese to pinyin. Unsupported characters may be removed.

How long should a slug be?

Short, readable slugs are easier to share. Use the max length option to keep them tidy.