Slug generator

Free Slug Generator Tool

The Slug Generator converts titles and phrases into clean, SEO‑friendly URL slugs by lowercasing text, removing special characters, and replacing spaces with hyphens. It improves readability and click‑through rate while keeping URLs consistent. Use it when publishing blog posts, product pages, or any content that needs a shareable, search‑optimized permalink.

What is Slug Generator?

The Slug Generator is a simple utility that transforms any title, headline, or keyword phrase into a human‑readable, search‑friendly URL slug. It normalizes casing, strips punctuation, transliterates accents, and applies your preferred separator (like hyphens) to create stable permalinks that work across browsers and content management systems.

On Monkey Type, the Slug Generator focuses on producing clean, consistent outputs that align with SEO best practices. Whether you manage a blog, e‑commerce store, or documentation site, it helps you publish URLs that are short, descriptive, and easy to share.

If you also need to sanitize or encode final URLs for tracking or sharing, you can pair your slug with the URL Encoder to ensure special characters are safely encoded.

Why Use Slug Generator?

• Improve SEO and CTR: Clear, keyword‑rich slugs help search engines understand page intent and encourage users to click in the SERP. Problem: messy URLs lower trust. Solution: a clean slug that matches the page topic.
• Ensure consistency across teams: Standardized slugs prevent duplicate patterns when multiple editors publish content. Problem: different styles cause confusion. Solution: one Slug Generator workflow everyone follows.
• Prevent technical issues: Unescaped symbols and spaces break links. Problem: special characters trigger errors. Solution: normalized, ASCII‑safe slugs.
• Scale content faster: Create slugs for product catalogs, blog series, and documentation in bulk. Problem: manual slugs are slow. Solution: bulk‑ready Slug Generator settings.
• Better analytics alignment: Predictable slugs make filtering and reporting easier. Problem: inconsistent paths hinder analysis. Solution: uniform slug patterns.

When crafting titles for posts, consider running them through the Title Case Converter first to polish readability before generating the final slug.

How to Use Slug Generator on Monkey Type

1. Open the tool: Go to the Slug Generator on Monkey Type.
2. Paste your text: Enter a headline, product name, category, or keyword phrase.
3. Choose options: Select lowercase, preferred separator (hyphen/underscore), remove stop words, transliterate accents, keep numbers, and set a max length.
4. Generate the slug: Click Generate. You will see a real‑time preview, character count, and collision‑safe suggestion if duplicates are detected.
5. Copy or export: Copy the slug, or use bulk mode to process multiple titles and export CSV.
6. Apply to your URL: Add the slug to your site’s path (for example, /blog/your‑new‑slug). Test the link to confirm it loads.

Expected result: a concise, SEO‑ready slug that matches your title’s intent and works in any URL. After publishing, generate a compelling snippet with the Meta Description Generator to complete on‑page optimization.

Key Features

• Real‑time slugification: Get instant previews as you type or edit.
• Custom separators: Use hyphens (recommended), underscores, or no separator for special cases.
• Accents and transliteration: Automatically convert characters like “ç”, “ñ”, or “ä” to ASCII‑safe forms.
• Stop‑word filtering: Optionally remove common words to shorten slugs without losing meaning.
• Length limiter: Keep slugs concise with a character limit to prevent truncation in search results.
• Collision handling: Smart suffixing (for example, “-2”) to avoid duplicates in large catalogs.
• Bulk mode: Process many titles at once and export as CSV for CMS import.
• Case and punctuation control: Enforce lowercase, remove punctuation, and normalize whitespace.

For campaigns that need clean, trackable links, combine your slugged URLs with UTM parameters using the UTM Builder.

Best Practices & Tips

• Front‑load the keyword: Place the primary keyword near the beginning of the slug for clarity and relevance.
• Keep it short: Aim for 3–6 words and under 60 characters to improve scanability and prevent truncation.
• Use hyphens, not underscores: Search engines treat hyphens as word separators and underscores as joiners.
• Avoid dates unless needed: Dates can prematurely age content; only include them when time specificity is essential.
• Redirect old URLs: If you change slugs, set 301 redirects to preserve rankings and links; then validate with the Redirect Checker.
• Update sitemaps: When slugs change at scale, refresh your sitemap with the XML Sitemap Generator to help search engines discover new URLs.

Common Use Cases

• Blog posts and news articles: Convert editorial titles into clean slugs for consistent permalinks across your CMS.
• E‑commerce products and categories: Generate structured slugs that include product names and attributes without special characters.
• Documentation and knowledge bases: Create predictable paths that match headings and improve internal linking.
• Landing pages and campaigns: Build readable URLs for ads and social sharing; then append parameters using the UTM Builder.
• Multilingual content: Transliterate accents and normalize characters for consistent global URLs.

If you need to estimate reading time or refine titles before slugging, the Word Counter can help you balance length and clarity.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a URL slug and how is it different from a permalink?

A URL slug is the readable part at the end of a URL that identifies a page, such as “clean‑url‑examples”. A permalink is the full, permanent URL path. The Slug Generator helps you produce the slug portion, which you can then place within your site’s permalink structure.

How does the Slug Generator handle special characters and accents?

The Slug Generator transliterates accented characters to ASCII (for example, “é” to “e”), removes punctuation, and replaces spaces with your chosen separator. This ensures compatibility across browsers and servers while keeping URLs readable.

Can I create slugs in bulk?

Yes. Use bulk mode to paste or import multiple titles, then export the generated slugs as a CSV for easy CMS import. This is ideal for product catalogs, content migrations, and large editorial calendars.

Will changing slugs hurt SEO?

Changing slugs can impact rankings if not handled properly. Always set 301 redirects from old URLs to the new ones and update internal links. After publishing, verify redirect behavior with the Redirect Checker and refresh your sitemap using the XML Sitemap Generator.

Should I use hyphens or underscores in slugs?

Use hyphens. Search engines treat hyphens as word separators, improving readability and relevance. Underscores can merge words, making slugs harder to parse for users and crawlers.

Build and publish better URLs faster with the Slug Generator on Monkey Type. It removes guesswork, enforces consistency, and supports SEO‑friendly practices from the first draft to the final URL.