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URL Slug Generator Free - SEO Friendly Links

Generate clean URL slugs from titles, headings, keywords, and product names for SEO-friendly links.

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About this tool

Manually converting a title to a URL slug is tedious and error-prone - forgetting to lowercase everything, missing special characters, leaving stray punctuation. This tool automates that: it lowercases the input, treats spaces, hyphens, underscores, and slashes as word breaks and joins the words with your chosen separator (hyphen or underscore) - so "JSON/XML" becomes json-xml - and strips every other character outside letters and numbers.

For accented Latin letters it goes further - café becomes cafe, naïve becomes naive - because Unicode normalization decomposes the accent from the base letter before stripping it. Letters and digits in non-Latin scripts like Urdu, Arabic, Hindi, Cyrillic, or Japanese are kept as typed - they are not transliterated into Latin letters - so a non-Latin title never produces an empty slug, but your CMS and URL setup need to accept non-ASCII characters.

As for SEO, a keyword in the URL is a minor ranking signal at most - the clearer benefit is a URL that's easier to read, share, and remember.

A URL slug generator converts a title, heading, or phrase into a clean, lowercase, separator-joined URL slug - treating spaces, hyphens, underscores, and slashes as word breaks, stripping other special characters and, for accented Latin letters, transliterating them to their plain-letter equivalent (café becomes cafe).

How to Use Slug Generator

Paste Title

Enter the title, heading, or phrase you want to turn into a slug.

Choose Separator

Use hyphens or underscores based on your preferred URL style.

Generate Slug

The tool removes extra symbols, normalizes spacing, and creates a clean slug.

Copy Result

Copy the generated slug and use it in your page URL or CMS.

Common Workflows

Paste Your Title or Phrase

Enter the title, heading, or product name you want to convert.

Choose Hyphen or Underscore

Pick your separator - hyphens are the standard choice for URLs.

Read the Generated Slug

The slug updates instantly as you type, along with a word count.

Copy or Rebuild

Copy the slug for use in your CMS, or click Rebuild Text to convert it back into a spaced phrase.

Best For

  • Converts any title into a lowercase, separator-joined slug, and correctly transliterates accented Latin letters (café → cafe) via Unicode normalization.
  • Non-Latin scripts (Urdu, Arabic, Hindi, Cyrillic, Japanese, and similar) are kept as typed rather than transliterated - the slug is never silently emptied.
  • Runs entirely in your browser - choose a hyphen or underscore separator, then copy the result. No login required.

Examples

Accented Latin letters transliterate; non-Latin scripts are kept

Input

"Café Résumé Naïve" vs. "یہ ایک مثال ہے" (Urdu)

Result

"Café Résumé Naïve" → "cafe-resume-naive". The Urdu input → "یہ-ایک-مثال-ہے".

Accented Latin letters are decomposed and stripped down to their plain base letter (é → e), producing a clean transliterated slug. Urdu, Arabic, Hindi, and other non-Latin scripts have no Latin equivalent here, so their letters are kept as they are, with spaces and punctuation turned into the separator.

Multiple lines merge into one slug

Input

"First Line Title" / "Second Line Title" / "Third" (three separate lines pasted into the textarea)

Result

"first-line-title-second-line-title-third"

The tool treats the entire textarea as one input and produces a single slug - it doesn't generate one slug per line. If you need separate slugs for a list of titles, convert them one at a time.

Use Cases

Converting an English or other Latin-script title to a slug

Paste the title and copy the instantly generated, lowercased, hyphenated result.

Cleaning up a title with accented letters

Accented characters like é, ñ, or ï convert to their plain-letter equivalent automatically.

Choosing between hyphens and underscores for a CMS

Switch the separator dropdown to match your platform's convention - hyphens are the standard recommendation for SEO.

Converting a slug back into readable text

Use Rebuild Text to turn a generated slug back into a spaced phrase, useful for double-checking what a slug represents.

Common Mistakes

Problem

Expecting Urdu, Arabic, or other non-Latin titles to be transliterated

Solution

They aren't. Those letters are kept as typed rather than converted to Latin letters, so the slug contains non-ASCII characters.

Problem

Assuming stop words like "the" or "of" are removed

Solution

They aren't. Every word in the input is kept in the slug - there's no stop-word filtering.

Problem

Pasting a list of titles expecting one slug per line

Solution

The entire input is treated as a single phrase and converted into one slug, even if it spans multiple lines.

Problem

Assuming the slug is automatically kept short or SEO-optimized

Solution

There's no length limit or keyword optimization - the slug reflects your full input, however long it is, minus stripped characters.

Tips & Best Practices

Prefer hyphens over underscores

Search engines treat hyphens as word separators but can read underscore-joined words as one term - hyphens are the standard recommendation for URL slugs, even though this tool supports both.

Manually shorten long titles before converting

Since there's no automatic length limit or keyword trimming, edit your title down to the key words first if you want a shorter slug.

Check that your platform accepts non-ASCII slugs

If a title uses Urdu, Arabic, Hindi, or another non-Latin script, the slug keeps those characters. Most browsers and CMSs handle them, but some systems require ASCII-only URLs.

Set up a redirect if you change a published page's slug

Changing a live URL without redirecting the old one breaks existing links and bookmarks - this is general publishing practice, not something this tool handles for you.

Limitations

Non-Latin scripts are kept, not transliterated

Urdu, Arabic, Hindi, and similar scripts are kept as typed rather than converted to Latin letters, so the slug contains non-ASCII characters.

No stop-word removal

Words like "the," "a," or "of" are kept in the slug - there's no filtering for common short words.

No batch or multi-line mode

Pasting multiple lines produces one merged slug, not one slug per line.

No length limit or keyword optimization

The slug reflects the full input (minus stripped characters) - there's no automatic shortening or SEO scoring.

Only two separator options

Hyphen and underscore are the only choices - there's no custom separator field.

SEO benefit is real but limited

A keyword in the URL is a minor ranking signal at most - readability, shareability, and consistency are the more reliable benefits.

Comparisons

This Tool vs. a Transliteration-Aware Slug Generator

Both produce clean slugs from Latin-script titles, but they differ on non-Latin input.

This Tool (Slug Generator)A Transliteration-Aware Generator
Accented Latin letters (café, naïve)Converted to plain letters (cafe, naive)Also converted to plain letters
Non-Latin scripts (Urdu, Arabic, Hindi)Kept as typed - not transliteratedTransliterated into Latin-script approximations
Stop-word removalNot offered - every word is keptOften offered as an option

Which should you use?

Use this tool for English or other Latin-script titles, including ones with accented letters. For titles in Urdu, Arabic, Hindi, or another non-Latin script the letters are kept as typed; if your site needs ASCII-only URLs, write the slug manually or use a tool that supports transliteration for that script.

FAQs

The most common question is what happens to non-English titles, especially Urdu, Arabic, or other non-Latin scripts. Accented Latin letters (like café or naïve) convert cleanly to their plain-letter equivalent, while non-Latin scripts are kept as typed rather than transliterated - the FAQ below covers exactly what to expect, along with the hyphen-vs-underscore choice and what does and doesn't get removed.

What happens to Urdu, Arabic, or Hindi titles?

Their letters and digits are kept as typed - they are not transliterated into Latin letters - so a non-Latin title never produces an empty slug. Spaces, slashes, and punctuation become the separator or are dropped as usual. Check that your CMS and URL setup accept non-ASCII characters.

Does it transliterate accented letters like é or ñ?

Yes. Accented Latin letters convert to their plain-letter equivalent - café becomes cafe, naïve becomes naive.

Does it remove stop words like "the" or "of"?

No. Every word in your input is kept - there's no stop-word filtering.

Should I use hyphens or underscores?

Hyphens are the standard recommendation - search engines treat them as word separators, while underscore-joined words can be read as a single term. This tool supports both, defaulting to hyphens.

Does a clean slug guarantee better search rankings?

No. A keyword in the URL is a minor ranking signal at most. The more reliable benefits are readability, shareability, and a consistent URL structure.

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