The human-readable part of a URL that identifies a page, e.g. "my-first-post" in example.com/blog/my-first-post. Good slugs are short, lowercase, and hyphen-separated.

Hyphens or underscores for SEO?

Hyphens. Google treats hyphens as word separators but joins words connected by underscores, so "blue-widgets" is read as two words while "blue_widgets" may be read as one.

Slug Generator

Turn titles, headlines, or any text into clean URL slugs: lowercase, hyphen-separated, with accents transliterated and special characters removed. Choose between hyphens and underscores as separators. Clean slugs make URLs readable for people and are the standard for search-engine-friendly links.

Generators

Title or text

Hyphen (-) — SEO standardUnderscore (_)

URL slug

10-best-coffee-shops-in-new-york-2026-guide

Private by default

This tool runs entirely in your browser. Your data is never uploaded to a server.

How to use

3 clear steps.

Paste or type your title or phrase.
Pick the separator (hyphen is the SEO-standard choice).
Copy the generated slug into your CMS or router.

Good to know

Frequently asked questions

What is a URL slug?: The human-readable part of a URL that identifies a page, e.g. "my-first-post" in example.com/blog/my-first-post. Good slugs are short, lowercase, and hyphen-separated.
Hyphens or underscores for SEO?: Hyphens. Google treats hyphens as word separators but joins words connected by underscores, so "blue-widgets" is read as two words while "blue_widgets" may be read as one.