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Slug Generator
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Convert any title or phrase into a clean URL-friendly slug. Handles accents, special characters, and stop words.
Slug Generator
About This Tool
What is a Slug?
A slug is the URL-friendly portion of a web page address. For example, in example.com/my-first-post, the slug is my-first-post. Good slugs are short, lowercase, hyphen-separated, and free of accents or special characters.
Why Slugs Matter for SEO
- Readable — both for humans and search engines
- Keyword-rich — slugs are a ranking factor
- Stable — bad slugs invite renaming, which breaks links
- Clean — short slugs are easier to share and remember
What This Tool Does
- Lowercases everything
- Strips accents (résumé → resume)
- Removes special characters and emoji
- Replaces spaces with your chosen separator (default: hyphen)
- Optionally removes common English stop words (“the”, “and”, “of”…)
Frequently Asked Questions
Should I include stop words in my slug?
It depends. Removing stop words ('the', 'and', 'of') keeps slugs short and keyword-focused, which can help with SEO. Keeping them makes the slug read more naturally. For long titles, removing stop words is usually worth it.
What's the ideal slug length?
Aim for under 60 characters. Shorter is generally better for sharing, mobile display, and click-through rates. Google won't truncate slugs in search results until they get quite long, but readability suffers earlier.
Why are accents stripped?
URLs technically support Unicode, but accented characters get percent-encoded (u00e9 u2192 %C3%A9), making URLs ugly when shared. Stripping them keeps your URLs portable, readable, and consistent across all browsers and platforms.