Slugify Text
Convert any text into a URL-friendly slug instantly.
How to use this tool
- Enter text in the fields above.
- Results update instantly as you type — or click Calculate.
- Read your slug and the full breakdown beneath it.
Convert any text into a URL-friendly slug instantly.
How it works
A URL slug is the human-readable part of a web address that identifies a specific page — for example, 'how-to-bake-bread' in 'example.com/blog/how-to-bake-bread'. This tool converts any text into a properly formatted slug by lowercasing all letters, replacing spaces and special characters with hyphens, removing characters that are not URL-safe, and collapsing consecutive hyphens into one.
Type or paste a page title, heading, or any text into the input field and receive a clean slug instantly. Slugs generated here follow the conventions expected by WordPress, Shopify, Jekyll, and virtually every modern CMS: all lowercase, hyphen-separated, no accents, no punctuation.
Good slugs are short, descriptive, and keyword-rich. After generating, consider trimming stop words (a, the, and) that add length without SEO value — for example, prefer 'best-coffee-grinders' over 'the-best-coffee-grinders'.
Worked example
Generate a slug for a blog post title
- Enter the title: '10 Best Coffee Grinders (2024 Buyer's Guide)'.
- The tool lowercases all text.
- Special characters (apostrophe, parentheses) are removed; spaces become hyphens.
- Read the result.
10-best-coffee-grinders-2024-buyers-guide
Common mistakes to avoid
- Leaving stop words (the, a, an) in the slug — trim them for shorter, cleaner URLs.
- Using a slug that is too long — aim for under 75 characters for best SEO practice.
- Changing a slug on a live page without setting up a 301 redirect from the old URL, which causes broken links and lost rankings.
Key terms
- Slug
- The URL-friendly portion of a web address, typically composed of lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens.
- URL-safe characters
- Characters that can appear in a URL without percent-encoding: letters A-Z, digits 0-9, hyphens, underscores, periods, and tildes.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a slug?
- A slug is a URL-friendly version of a string: lowercase, spaces replaced with hyphens, special characters removed.