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Turn a title or headline into a clean, lowercase, hyphen-separated URL slug.
The slug is the readable part of a URL that identifies a specific page, usually the last part after the final slash. In example.com/blog/how-to-clean-a-cast-iron-pan, the slug is how-to-clean-a-cast-iron-pan. Content management systems often create slugs automatically from the page title, which can produce long, messy or inconsistent addresses.
A good slug is short, descriptive and written in lowercase words separated by hyphens. It tells visitors what to expect before they click, makes links easier to read and share, and gives search engines a small extra hint about the topic. Hyphens are treated as word separators; underscores and spaces are not ideal.
Slugs should stay stable once a page is published. Changing a slug changes the URL, which means adding a redirect from the old address and updating internal links — so it pays to get it right the first time.
Short, readable URLs tell people and search engines what a page is about before they click, and they are easier to share. Converting titles into clean slugs also avoids encoding problems with special characters.
Copy the slug into the URL or permalink field of your content management system. If it still looks long, remove words that add nothing — dates, filler words or repeated terms — while keeping the main topic.
For pages that are already published, only change the slug if the benefit is clear, and always add a 301 redirect from the old address.
A yoga studio in Barcelona was setting up a blog, and its platform created slugs such as /10-simple-yoga-poses-that-you-can-do-at-home-every-morning-2026.
Using the Slug Generator with stop-word removal, the studio created short slugs like /simple-morning-yoga-poses-at-home, without the year so posts could be updated later without changing their address. Because the blog was new, nothing needed redirecting, and every future post followed the same short, readable pattern.
Yes, where it reads naturally — it helps people understand the page at a glance.
Hyphens. Google treats them as word separators; underscores join words together.
They are converted to plain letters or removed, giving a URL that works everywhere.
Only when the benefit is clear, such as very messy URLs. Every change needs a 301 redirect from the old address and updated internal links.
As short as possible while still describing the page — often three to six words.
Only for content tied to a date, such as news. Dates make evergreen content look outdated and complicate updates.
Yes. URL Slug Generator runs entirely in your browser — nothing you type or paste is sent to or stored by SeoSpidie.
Yes. The URL Slug Generator is free to use with no sign-up. SeoSpidie is supported by advertising.
