How do I convert a string to a URL slug?

Paste your text and it becomes a lowercase, hyphenated slug. "My Blog Post: 10 Things!" turns into "my-blog-post-10-things".

Should a slug use hyphens or underscores?

Hyphens. Google treats a hyphen as a word separator but an underscore as a word joiner, so hyphens are the standard for readable, SEO-friendly URLs.

Are slugs case-sensitive?

URLs can be, so slugs are lowercased by default to avoid duplicate-address confusion between /My-Page and /my-page.

How are diacritics handled?

Diacritics (é, ü, ñ, and so on) are normalized to their ASCII equivalents.

Emoji are stripped, so slugs end up as plain ASCII suitable for URLs.

Slug Generator

Turn any string into a clean URL slug.

Text

Slug

What's a slug?

The human-readable, URL-safe part of a URL, usually derived from a title.

example.com/blog/my-awesome-post

A slug lowercases the title, strips accents and punctuation, and joins the remaining words with a separator — so it doesn't get mangled when someone pastes it into a chat or the address bar.

your-slug-appears-here

Options

Separator

Max length

0 = no limit

Casing

Lowercase

Filter

Strip stop words

(the, and, of, …)

The URL below carries your input and options.

Input is too long to include in the URL.

Share URL

Anyone with this link can read the values it contains. Do not use it for sensitive data.

How to use the Slug Generator

Type or paste the string you want to slugify.
Pick a separator and case style.
Copy the result.

Frequently asked questions

How do I convert a string to a URL slug?: Paste your text and it becomes a lowercase, hyphenated slug. "My Blog Post: 10 Things!" turns into "my-blog-post-10-things".
Should a slug use hyphens or underscores?: Hyphens. Google treats a hyphen as a word separator but an underscore as a word joiner, so hyphens are the standard for readable, SEO-friendly URLs.
Are slugs case-sensitive?: URLs can be, so slugs are lowercased by default to avoid duplicate-address confusion between /My-Page and /my-page.
How are diacritics handled?: Diacritics (é, ü, ñ, and so on) are normalized to their ASCII equivalents.
What about emoji?: Emoji are stripped, so slugs end up as plain ASCII suitable for URLs.