A URL slug is the human-readable portion of a web address that identifies a specific page. For example, in "https://example.com/blog/my-first-post", the slug is "my-first-post". Slugs use lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens instead of spaces or special characters.

Why should I remove stop words from a slug?

Stop words like "a", "an", "the", "in", and "on" add length to a URL without adding SEO value. Removing them makes slugs shorter and more keyword-focused. For example, "the-best-tips-for-seo" becomes "best-tips-seo", which is cleaner and often preferred by search engines.

What does Unicode transliteration do?

Transliteration converts accented or non-ASCII characters into their closest ASCII equivalents so the slug remains URL-safe. For example, "Café Résumé" becomes "cafe-resume", and "München" becomes "munchen". This ensures slugs work in all browsers and server environments without percent-encoding.

How does the max-length option work?

When a max length is set, the slug is truncated at the nearest word boundary at or before that character limit. This prevents cutting a word in the middle, ensuring the slug remains readable. Any trailing separator character is also removed after truncation.

URL Slug Generator

Name: URL Slug Generator
Availability: InStock
Author: Nham Vu

Paste a title, choose your separator and options, and get a clean URL slug instantly — with batch mode for processing multiple titles at once.

Input

Options

Separator

Hyphen — Underscore _ Period . None

Force lowercase

Strip stop words

Transliterate Unicode (ä→a)

Max length chars (0 = no limit)

Generated Slug

Type a title on the left to generate a slug.

Summary

Paste a title, choose your separator and options, and get a clean URL slug instantly — with batch mode for processing multiple titles at once.

How it works

Type or paste a title into the input field.
Choose your preferred separator: hyphen (-), underscore (_), period (.), or none.
Toggle options such as lowercase, stop-word removal, and Unicode transliteration as needed.
The slug appears instantly in the output field below the options.
Click "Copy" to copy the slug to your clipboard.
Switch to Batch Mode to convert multiple titles at once — one title per line.

Use cases

Generate WordPress or CMS permalink slugs from blog post titles before publishing.
Create consistent, SEO-optimized URL paths for product pages in an e-commerce store.
Batch-convert a list of article headings into slugs for a static site generator.

Frequently Asked Questions

Last updated: 2026-06-09 · Reviewed by Nham Vu