URL Slug Generator
Type a page title and instantly get a tidy, lowercase, hyphenated URL slug. Accents are stripped, special characters removed, and stop words trimmed — so your URLs stay short, readable and search-friendly.
What makes a good URL slug?
A slug is the readable part of a URL that identifies a single page — in /blog/manchester-seo-guide the slug is manchester-seo-guide. Clean slugs help search engines and people understand what a page is about before they even click.
This generator applies the conventions Google and most CMS platforms expect: everything is lowercased, accented Latin letters are normalised to plain ASCII, spaces become hyphens, and anything that isn’t a letter, number or hyphen is dropped. Repeated and trailing hyphens are tidied automatically. The optional stop-word filter removes low-value connector words to keep slugs concise and keyword-focused.
Everything happens locally in your browser with plain JavaScript — there is no server, no API call and no tracking, so whatever you type never leaves your device.
Tips for SEO-friendly URLs
Keep it short
Aim for three to five meaningful words. Shorter slugs are easier to read, share and remember.
Lead with keywords
Put your main term near the front so both users and crawlers grasp the topic at a glance.
Don’t change live URLs lightly
If you must rename a published slug, set up a 301 redirect so you keep the link equity you’ve earned.
Frequently asked questions
Not always. Removing words like “the” and “to” keeps slugs tight, but occasionally they matter for meaning (for example a brand name or a phrase like “how-to”). The toggle lets you decide per slug.
Accented Latin letters such as é, ñ or ü are converted to their plain equivalents (e, n, u) so the slug stays fully URL-safe.
Yes. The tool is pure client-side JavaScript with no external dependencies, so once the page has loaded it keeps working with no network connection.
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