About the Slug Generator
Turns a title into a clean URL slug: accents are folded to plain letters, punctuation is dropped, and words are joined with hyphens. Optionally strips filler words like “a”, “the” and “of”, which keeps slugs short without losing meaning.
What makes a good URL slug
A slug is the part of a URL that names the page - /blog/how-to-merge-pdf-files. Google reads the words in it, people see it in search results and when the link is shared, so it should say what the page is about in as few words as stay clear. Use lowercase letters, numbers and hyphens only; hyphens, not underscores, are what Google treats as word separators.
Slug best practices
- Lead with the main keyword and keep it to three to six words.
- Leave out dates and years unless the page really is about that year - they make an evergreen post look stale.
- Never change the slug of a published page without a 301 redirect from the old one.
- Check how the full result looks with the Google SERP preview.
Writing the title as well? The meta tag generator builds the title, description and social tags, and the case converter fixes capitalisation.
