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Slug Generator

Turn any title into a clean URL slug. Strips accents and punctuation, optionally drops stop words, and joins the rest with hyphens.

How to use the Slug Generator

  1. Paste the title. Type or paste the heading you want a URL for.
  2. Choose the shape. Pick a separator and decide whether to drop stop words.
  3. Copy the slug. Copy the result straight into your CMS or route.

Frequently asked questions

Should a slug contain stop words?
Usually not. Words like "the" and "of" add length without adding meaning, and a shorter slug is easier to read in a search result. Keep them only when removing them changes the sense of the title.
Hyphens or underscores in a URL?
Hyphens. Google has treated hyphens as word separators for years and underscores as joiners, so an underscored slug can be read as one long token rather than as separate words.
What happens to accented characters?
They are decomposed and their marks removed, so café becomes cafe rather than being dropped or percent-encoded. That keeps the slug readable and stable across systems.
Can I change a slug after publishing?
You can, but every existing link and every ranking signal points at the old one. If you must change it, serve a 301 redirect from the old slug and expect to lose a little authority in the move.

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