How to use the Slug Generator
- Type or paste a title — or a list of titles, one per line.
- The slug updates instantly; accents and punctuation are handled for you.
- Optionally remove stop words or set a maximum length.
- Copy the slug.
What makes a good slug
- Readable —
/how-to-remove-line-breaks/beats/post?id=4812, for people and for search results. - Short — 3–5 meaningful words. Long slugs get truncated in results and are harder to share.
- Lower case with hyphens — Google treats hyphens as word separators; underscores join words together.
- Stable — once a page is published and indexed, changing its slug loses rankings unless you add a 301 redirect.
How characters are converted
| Input | Slug |
|---|---|
| 10 Tips & Tricks for 2026! | 10-tips-and-tricks-for-2026 |
| Crème brûlée recipe | creme-brulee-recipe |
| Straße in München | strasse-in-munchen |
| Don’t Panic: A Guide | dont-panic-a-guide |
Accents are removed, & becomes “and”, apostrophes are dropped so contractions stay one word, and everything else that is not a letter or digit becomes a separator.
Frequently asked questions
Should I remove stop words from slugs?
Often, but not always. Removing “the”, “a” and “of” shortens slugs; but if the result reads oddly (“how-remove-line-breaks”), keep them. Readability matters more than a few characters.
Hyphens or underscores?
Hyphens. Google’s guidance is to use hyphens to separate words in URLs; underscores can cause words to be read as one.
Does it support non-Latin titles?
Accented Latin letters are transliterated. Other scripts (Cyrillic, Chinese, Arabic) are kept as-is, which modern browsers display correctly, though many sites prefer to translate the slug into English.