Slug Generator

How to use

This tool turns a title or any text into a slug: the short, readable part of a web address, like how-to-make-cafe-au-lait.

1. Type or paste a title into Title or text. The slug updates as you type, with a preview of how it looks in a web address.
2. Pick a Separator. Hyphens are the usual choice for web addresses and what search engines recommend. Underscores suit file names and some systems.
3. Keep Lowercase on for web addresses, which are easier to type and compare in small letters. Turn it off to keep capitals, for example in a file name.
4. Turn on Remove words like a, the, of to make long slugs shorter. If a title is made only of such words, they are kept.
5. Set a Max length if your site has a limit. The slug is cut between words, never in the middle of one.
6. Press Copy to use the slug.

Accents are removed, so "Crème brûlée" becomes creme-brulee and "Straße" becomes strasse. Russian, Ukrainian and other Cyrillic text is spelled out in Latin letters, and so is Greek. Letters from scripts without a simple Latin spelling, such as Chinese, Hindi or Korean, are kept as they are. Modern browsers show them correctly in web addresses.

Spaces, punctuation, symbols and emoji become a single separator. Apostrophes are dropped, so "don't" becomes dont rather than don-t. An ampersand becomes the word "and".

To make many slugs at once, put each title on its own line. You get one slug per line, ready to copy into a spreadsheet or content system.

Your settings are remembered on this device. Your text stays in your browser.

Frequently asked questions

Should I use hyphens or underscores in URLs?

Use hyphens. Search engines read a hyphen as a space between words, so "coffee-grinder" is understood as two words. Underscores join words together, which can make them harder to match.

How long should a URL slug be?

Short and descriptive is best. Three to six words is a good target. Removing filler words like "the" and "of" usually gets you there without losing the meaning.

What happens to letters like ä, ß or ж?

Accented letters lose their accents, ß becomes ss and æ becomes ae. Cyrillic and Greek letters are spelled out in Latin letters, so Москва becomes moskva.