SEO URL Slug Generator
Convert any page title or phrase into a clean, SEO-friendly URL slug.
How to use this tool
- Enter title or phrase in the fields above.
- Results update instantly as you type — or click Calculate.
- Read your url slug and the full breakdown beneath it.
Convert any page title or phrase into a clean, SEO-friendly URL slug.
How it works
A URL slug is the part of a web address that identifies a specific page, typically the last segment after the final slash -- for example, 'best-coffee-grinders' in https://example.com/blog/best-coffee-grinders. A clean, descriptive slug improves both SEO and user experience.
Type or paste a page title or phrase and this tool converts it to a slug by lowercasing all letters, replacing spaces and special characters with hyphens, and removing words that add no SEO value (stop words like 'a', 'the', 'and'). The result is a URL-safe string you can copy directly into your CMS.
Use this tool whenever you create a new page, blog post, or product listing. Setting a good slug at creation time is important because changing it later requires redirects to preserve SEO equity.
Worked example
Generate a slug for a new blog post
- Enter '10 Best Coffee Grinders for Home Baristas in 2024' in the title field.
- Click Generate Slug.
- Review the result: '10-best-coffee-grinders-home-baristas-2024'.
- Copy and paste it into your CMS URL field.
A clean URL slug with stop words removed, ready to use.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Using underscores instead of hyphens -- Google treats hyphens as word separators but underscores as connectors, merging words unintentionally.
- Making slugs too long -- keep them under 5-6 meaningful words for clarity and to avoid truncation in search results.
- Changing a slug after the page is live without setting up a 301 redirect -- this causes broken links and lost SEO equity.
Key terms
- URL slug
- The human-readable portion at the end of a URL that identifies a page, using lowercase letters and hyphens.
- Stop word
- Common words (e.g. 'the', 'for', 'in') that are often stripped from slugs to keep URLs concise.
- URL encoding
- Converting special characters into a format safe for URLs; this tool produces slugs that need no further encoding.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a URL slug?
- A URL slug is the part of a web address that identifies a specific page, e.g. /best-coffee-shops-in-new-york. Good slugs are lowercase, hyphenated, and free of special characters.
- Should I include stop words in slugs?
- For readability and context, keeping short stop words (like 'in', 'for') is generally fine. Remove them only if the slug is very long.