URL Slug Generator
Turn a title or phrase into a clean lowercase URL slug with readable separators and an optional length limit.
Create a readable URL slug before publishing a page, post, guide, or resource. A good slug is stable, descriptive, and short enough to scan without repeating every word in the headline. Review a slug before a page starts collecting links, because changing a published URL later can break bookmarks, analytics history, internal links, and external backlinks unless you add a proper redirect.
Create a clean URL slug from a title or phrase
A slug is the readable part of a URL that identifies a page, such as percentage-calculator in /tools/percentage-calculator/. This tool converts a phrase into a simple lowercase, hyphen-separated slug.
What makes a useful slug
Good slugs are readable, stable, and descriptive without copying every word from a long headline. “How to Calculate Profit Margin for a Small Business” could reasonably become calculate-profit-margin.
Why hyphens are commonly used
Hyphens visually separate words and are the conventional separator for public web URLs. They are easier to scan than running words together.
Do not over-optimize the URL
A slug should describe the page, not become a list of repeated keywords. Clear content, useful information, and sensible site structure matter far more than squeezing extra phrases into a URL.
Be careful when changing an existing slug
Changing a published URL can break bookmarks, backlinks, analytics history, and links elsewhere on your site. If you change one, create a permanent redirect from the old URL to the new one.
Frequently asked questions
Should slugs include dates?
Only when the date is important to the identity of the content. Dates can make evergreen articles awkward to update.
Should every word from the title be included?
No. Remove unnecessary filler words as long as the result remains clear.