Convert Text to URL Slug Online
URL slugs are the URL-friendly versions of titles and names used in blog posts, product pages, article URLs, and any web content that needs a clean, readable URL. A good slug converts spaces to hyphens, removes special characters, lowercases all letters, and transliterates accented characters to their ASCII equivalents. For example, "5 Tips for Better Code!" becomes "5-tips-for-better-code". This tool generates clean URL slugs from any text input, handling accented characters like é, ü, and ñ by converting them to their base ASCII equivalents, removing punctuation and symbols, collapsing multiple hyphens, and trimming leading and trailing hyphens. The result is a clean slug ready to use in your CMS, blog platform, or application routing.
FAQ
- What makes a good URL slug?
- A good slug is lowercase, uses hyphens instead of spaces, contains only letters, numbers, and hyphens, is concise but descriptive, and avoids stop words like "a", "the", and "and" when possible.
- How are accented characters handled?
- Accented characters are transliterated to their closest ASCII equivalent: é→e, ü→u, ñ→n. This produces readable slugs for international content while maintaining ASCII-safe URLs.
- Should I include stop words in slugs?
- For SEO, short descriptive slugs without stop words ("best-json-formatter") are preferred over long ones ("the-best-free-json-formatter-online"). However, some CMS platforms auto-generate slugs with stop words included.