Free Slug Generator
Type a title and get a clean, lowercase, hyphenated URL slug — accents stripped and special characters removed — ready to paste into your CMS.
What is the slug generator?
A URL slug generator is a free tool that turns a title or phrase into a clean, web-ready slug — the readable part of a URL after the domain. It lowercases the text, replaces spaces with hyphens, strips accents and removes special characters, leaving a tidy string like “my-first-post”. Slashit's slug generator runs live in your browser as you type, so nothing is uploaded, and the result is ready to paste straight into your CMS or code. Clean, descriptive slugs are easier for people to read and help search engines understand a page.
How our free slug generator works
Type your title
Enter a page title, heading or any phrase you want to turn into a URL slug.
Get a clean slug live
As you type, the tool lowercases the text, swaps spaces for hyphens, strips accents and removes special characters.
Copy it into your CMS
Copy the finished slug with one click and paste it into WordPress, your CMS or your code.
What can you use the slug generator for?
Turning a headline into a clean URL
Blog and product titles contain spaces, punctuation and accents that don't belong in a web address. A slug converts them into a safe, readable path.
Naming files consistently
Lowercase hyphenated names avoid the encoding problems that spaces and special characters cause across operating systems and servers.
Creating CSS class or ID names
Kebab-case is the standard convention for CSS, and slugs produce exactly that format.
Migrating content to a new platform
Bulk-generating slugs keeps URLs predictable when moving a site, which makes setting up redirects far simpler.
Who uses our free slug generator?
Bloggers & content teams
Create readable, consistent post URLs that look tidy and are easy to share.
SEO specialists
Produce clean, keyword-friendly slugs that help search engines understand each page.
Developers
Generate safe URL and file identifiers from titles without writing a slugify function.
Why use the slug generator?
SEO-friendly output
Lowercase, hyphenated and free of odd characters — exactly what clean URLs should look like.
Handles accents
Accented letters like é or ü are converted to plain ASCII so the slug is safe everywhere.
Live and free
The slug updates as you type, with no sign-up and nothing sent to a server.
Tips for getting the best results
Keep slugs short and meaningful
Three to five significant words is ideal. Long slugs get truncated in search results and are harder to share.
Drop the filler words
Removing “a”, “the” and “and” usually makes a slug clearer without losing meaning — though don't strip so much that it stops making sense.
Never change a live URL casually
Changing a published slug breaks every existing link unless you add a redirect. The SEO cost of getting this wrong is real.
Include your main keyword
The URL is a small ranking signal and, more importantly, tells people what the page is before they click.
Frequently asked questions
What is a URL slug?
A slug is the human-readable part of a URL that identifies a page — for example “free-tools” in slashit.app/free-tools. Clean slugs are easier to read and better for SEO.
Does it handle accented and special characters?
Yes. Accented letters are converted to plain equivalents and special characters are removed, leaving only lowercase letters, numbers and hyphens.
Is it free?
Yes — it's free, needs no sign-up, and runs entirely in your browser.
What is a URL slug?
A slug is the readable part of a web address that identifies a specific page — in example.com/blog/how-to-write-faster, the slug is “how-to-write-faster”.
Should slugs use hyphens or underscores?
Hyphens. Google treats hyphens as word separators but reads underscores as joining words together, so hyphens are the clear choice for URLs.
Should a slug be lowercase?
Yes. Some servers treat uppercase and lowercase URLs as different pages, which can create duplicate content. Lowercase avoids the problem entirely.
How does the generator handle accents and symbols?
Accented characters are converted to their closest plain equivalents, punctuation is removed, and spaces become hyphens — producing a slug that's safe in any URL.
