SEO URL Slug Generator — Clean Permalinks from Titles

Convert any article title or sentence into a clean, lowercase, hyphen-separated slug ideal for WordPress permalinks, blog posts, and headless CMSs. The tool strips accents, removes special characters, and limits length automatically.

Title or sentence

Generated link

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What the SEO URL Slug Generator does

A URL slug is the readable, lowercase, hyphenated tail of a page address; this tool strips accents, punctuation and stop-word clutter and caps the length.

Methodology and formula

The tool lowercases the input, normalizes Unicode accents, removes non-alphanumeric characters, trims whitespace, replaces spaces with hyphens, collapses consecutive hyphens, and truncates to 80 characters.

Worked example

Inputs: Title: How to Write Great SEO Titles
Result: how-to-write-great-seo-titles

The title becomes a short, keyword-rich permalink that search engines and readers can parse easily.

When to use this tool

Use this slug generator before publishing content. Combine with UTM links for campaign tracking and short links for clean social sharing.

About the SEO URL Slug Generator

A real example

The headline 'How to Price a Café Menu in 2026!' becomes how-to-price-a-cafe-menu-2026, ready to paste into a WordPress permalink.

Why slug hygiene matters for SEO

Search engines and users both prefer readable URLs. A slug that contains the target keyword and no stop words or special characters signals relevance and improves click-through rates from search results.

Hyphens vs. underscores

Google treats hyphens as word separators and underscores as word joiners. Always use hyphens. The tool also removes consecutive hyphens and trims trailing punctuation.

Length and stop words

Aim for under 60 characters and 3–5 words. Remove common stop words like 'the', 'a', and 'of' unless they are essential to the meaning. The tool preserves important words while normalizing whitespace and Unicode.

Frequently asked questions

Should slugs contain stop words?

Usually no — strip 'the', 'a', 'of' unless they are integral to the meaning.

Underscores or hyphens?

Hyphens. Google treats '-' as a separator and '_' as a word joiner.

Does length matter?

Shorter is better; aim for under 60 characters and 3–5 words.

What about non-English characters?

The tool transliterates to ASCII for maximum compatibility across browsers and CMSs.