URL Slug Generator

About This Tool

The URL Slug Generator converts human-readable text into clean, URL-safe slugs for web addresses, file names, and database keys. It handles accented characters (é→e, ü→u), converts symbols (&→and, @→at), and joins words with your chosen separator.

Options include forcing lowercase (recommended for SEO) and a maximum length that truncates cleanly at the last separator. All processing runs in the browser.

How to Use

1. Type or paste a title into the input, or click a sample button.
2. Select a Separator: hyphens are standard for URLs (Google-recommended), underscores for filenames, dots for technical contexts.
3. Toggle Force lowercase for canonical SEO slugs. Optionally set a maximum length.
4. Copy the generated slug and use it in your CMS, router, or API.

Use Cases

Blog writers generate URL paths from post titles. Developers create API endpoint slugs from user-provided names. E-commerce sites generate product URLs from product names.

FAQ

• Why use hyphens instead of underscores? — Google treats hyphens as word separators in URLs, improving keyword matching. Underscores are treated as part of the word. For SEO, hyphens are recommended.
• What happens to characters not in the transliteration map? — Non-Latin characters not in the map (CJK, Arabic, etc.) are removed. Common European accented characters are covered.
• Does the max-length option cut mid-word? — No. The tool truncates at the last separator before the limit, so words are not split.