URL Slug Generator — SEO-Friendly Slugs in Seconds (Free)
Letters with accents are converted to plain ASCII (é → e, ñ → n) so slugs stay clean in every CMS and browser.
What Is a URL Slug?
A slug is the readable part of a URL that comes after the domain — the "best-ai-tools-for-students" in example.com/best-ai-tools-for-students. Good slugs tell both readers and search engines what the page is about before anyone clicks, and they keep links clean when shared in messages, emails and social posts.
What Makes a Slug SEO-Friendly?
Keep it short, lowercase, and made of real words separated by hyphens. Drop filler words like "a", "the" and "and" unless they change the meaning, strip special characters and accents, and never let a slug run to a hundred characters — search engines truncate long URLs, and readers stop reading them. The stop-word removal and max-length options above apply exactly these rules, cutting at a word boundary so you never end up with a half-word.
Hyphens or Underscores?
Hyphens. Google treats hyphens as word separators, so "ai-tools" reads as two words, while underscores join words together ("ai_tools" reads as one token). Every major CMS defaults to hyphens for this reason; the underscore option here exists only for the rare system that requires it.
Why Bulk Mode Matters for Bloggers
Publishing in batches means writing ten slugs at once, and doing them one by one in separate tools wastes the whole session. Paste a list of titles, get a table of slugs, copy any single one or download the lot as CSV for your CMS import. That bulk flow is the feature most single-purpose slug tools simply do not offer.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a URL slug?
A slug is the readable, SEO-friendly part of a URL after the domain name, like "best-ai-tools" in example.com/best-ai-tools. It describes the page in a few hyphenated words.
Should I use hyphens or underscores in slugs?
Hyphens. Search engines read hyphens as word separators, so "ai-tools" counts as two words, while "ai_tools" is treated as a single word.
How long should a slug be?
As short as it can be while staying descriptive — usually 3–6 words. The max-length option here cuts at a word boundary so you never get a truncated half-word.
Should I remove stop words from slugs?
Usually yes. Words like "a", "the", "and" and "of" add length without meaning, so removing them makes cleaner, shorter URLs. Keep them only when they change the meaning.
Do slugs affect SEO?
Yes, modestly. A clear slug with the page's main keyword helps search engines understand the page and can improve click-through rates, because readers see what the page is about before clicking.
Is this slug generator free?
Yes. It is free with no signup and runs entirely in your browser — your titles are never uploaded or stored.
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