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Free Slug Generator

Convert any text into a clean, URL-friendly slug instantly.

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About this tool

A URL slug is the human-readable part of a URL that identifies a specific page. For example, in the URL toolsgini.in/tools/slug-generator, the slug is "slug-generator". Well-crafted slugs are short, descriptive, and contain only lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens. Slugs are critical for SEO because search engines use them to understand what a page is about. A clean slug like "how-to-bake-bread" is far better than a messy URL with query strings or special characters. Most CMS platforms like WordPress, Ghost, and Webflow auto-generate slugs, but this tool lets you fine-tune them perfectly. This tool converts any text into an optimized, SEO-friendly slug. It removes special characters, normalizes spaces to hyphens, strips accented characters, converts to lowercase, and optionally removes common stop words like "the", "a", "and" to keep the slug concise.

How to use

Step 1: Type or paste your page title or text in the input field above.
Step 2: The slug is generated instantly as you type.
Step 3: Optionally toggle Remove Stop Words to strip filler words like 'the', 'a', 'and'.
Step 4: Set a Max Length to keep slugs within your CMS or SEO guidelines (60 chars is standard).
Step 5: Click Copy Slug to copy the result to your clipboard.

Frequently Asked Questions

A good slug is short (under 60 characters), uses lowercase letters and hyphens, contains your primary keyword, has no special characters or spaces, and accurately describes the page content.

Generally yes for long titles. Removing words like 'the', 'a', 'and' keeps slugs shorter and more keyword-focused. However, sometimes stop words are essential to meaning - use your judgment.

Google treats hyphens as word separators, making 'my-page' readable as two words. Underscores are treated as word joiners, so 'my_page' would be seen as one word 'mypage'. Always use hyphens for SEO slugs.

Keep slugs under 60 characters to ensure they do not get truncated in search results. Shorter is better - focus on the main keyword and skip filler words.

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