Text & Dev

URL Slug Generator

Convert headlines into clean URL slugs — accents stripped, punctuation removed, length capped — one at a time or a whole list at once.

How to url slug generator

  1. 1

    Add your file

    Drop your file into the box above or click to browse. It's processed privately in your browser — nothing is uploaded.

  2. 2

    Choose your options

    Adjust the available settings to get exactly the result you need.

  3. 3

    Download the result

    Run the tool and download your file instantly — no sign-up, no watermark.

About URL Slug Generator

The slug is the human-readable part of a URL, and it does real work. It appears in search results under the title, it is what people see when a link is pasted into a message, and it gives both readers and search engines a hint about the page before they open it.

Turning a headline into a slug means making a series of small decisions consistently: strip the punctuation, flatten the accents, collapse the spaces, lowercase everything, and cut the length before it becomes unwieldy. Doing that by hand across a content calendar is tedious and produces inconsistent results, which is exactly what a bulk converter is for.

Length is worth thinking about. A slug that carries the main keywords and stops is more useful than one that reproduces a fifteen-word headline — it is easier to read, easier to share and less likely to be truncated. The length cap here always trims at a word boundary so you never end up with a half word at the end.

Frequently asked questions

What makes a good URL slug?+

Lowercase, hyphen-separated, descriptive and short. It should read like a summary of the page, keep the words people would search for, and drop everything else.

Why hyphens rather than underscores?+

Search engines treat a hyphen as a word separator and an underscore as a word joiner, so my-new-post reads as three words while my_new_post can read as one. Hyphens are the safer choice.

How are accents handled?+

Accented characters are decomposed and the accent marks removed, so "Café Münster" becomes cafe-munster rather than losing those letters entirely.

Should I drop stop words?+

Sometimes. Removing a, the, of and similar words shortens a slug without losing meaning — but it can make a short title read oddly, so the option is off by default and the tool never returns an empty slug.

Can I convert a whole list?+

Yes. Put one title per line and you get one slug per line, in the same order, ready to paste into a spreadsheet or a CMS import.

Can I change a slug after publishing?+

You can, but you should not do it casually — the old URL stops working and any links to it break. If you must, set up a permanent redirect from the old slug to the new one.

More Text & Dev tools