How to make a slug
- Type or paste a title into the box. Use one line per title if you have several.
- Pick a Separator. A dash is the usual choice for web addresses.
- Optional: set a Maximum length to cut long titles.
- Copy the slug from the result.
What the tool does
A good slug is short, lowercase and easy to read. The tool starts by splitting accented letters into a base letter and a mark, then removes the marks. So “Crème brûlée” becomes “creme brulee”. A few special letters such as ß and ø are replaced with their usual spelling, “ss” and “o”. Apostrophes are dropped, so “Don’t” becomes “dont”.
Everything that is not a letter or a number is turned into one separator, and repeated separators are merged. Separators at the start and end are removed. If you set a maximum length, the slug is cut to that many characters and any separator left at the end is trimmed.
Search engines treat dashes as word breaks, which is why dashes are the default. Underscores and dots are there for file names and code.
Titles written in Hindi, Chinese or another script have no Latin letters. Turn on Keep letters from other scripts and they stay in the slug, while accents on Latin letters are still removed.
Tips
- Keep slugs under 60 characters. Check lengths with the character counter.
- Want a code-style name rather than a web address? The case converter makes snake_case and kebab-case.
- Need to fix many titles before you slug them? Use find and replace first.
- Looking for filler content to test your layout? Try the lorem ipsum generator.
Privacy
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