URL Slug Generator
Turn any title into a lowercase, hyphenated URL slug. Removes punctuation and Latin accents and keeps Marathi and Hindi letters intact. Great for WordPress.
What is the URL Slug Generator?
A clean slug makes a URL easier to read, share and remember. This URL Slug Generator takes a heading or phrase and turns it into a lowercase, hyphen-separated slug ready for a WordPress post, product page or category. Punctuation and spaces become single hyphens, accents are stripped from Latin letters, and stray hyphens at either end are removed.
Letters and numbers from any script are kept intact, so Marathi and Hindi titles in Devanagari keep their vowel signs and conjuncts: पैठण News Update becomes पैठण-news-update. Only accents on Latin letters are removed, so Café becomes cafe. The details show how many characters the slug has. Paste a single title or load a text file; the slug is created instantly in your browser.
How to use the URL Slug Generator
- Type or paste your title into the Heading or phrase box, or load one from a local file with Open a text file.
- Press Process to build the slug.
- Check the slug and its character count in the result area, and shorten it if it is longer than you want.
- Press Copy result and paste the slug into the permalink or URL field of your CMS.
- Press Reset to clear the box before the next title.
Features
- Converts text to lowercase and joins words with single hyphens.
- Replaces any run of spaces, punctuation or symbols with one hyphen.
- Strips accents from Latin letters only, so Café becomes cafe.
- Keeps Devanagari (Marathi, Hindi) and other scripts intact, vowel signs included.
- Removes leading and trailing hyphens automatically.
Why use this url slug generator
- Produces readable, consistent permalinks for blog posts and product pages.
- Avoids messy URLs full of percent signs from punctuation and symbols.
- Saves time when preparing many page URLs before publishing.
- Builds correct slugs for Marathi and Hindi posts and keeps unpublished titles private.
How it works
NFKD normalize → remove combining marks → lowercase → replace non-letter/number runs with hyphens → trim hyphens.
Examples
Accented title with punctuation
Input: Café: Useful Browser Tools!
Result: cafe-useful-browser-tools Accents are removed from Latin letters (é becomes e); Devanagari and other scripts are kept intact. 25 characters.
Marathi and English headline
Input: पैठण News Update
Result: पैठण-news-update Accents are removed from Latin letters (é becomes e); Devanagari and other scripts are kept intact. 16 characters. The Devanagari word is kept intact, vowel sign included.
Underscores and extra hyphens
Input: --Hello__World--
Result: hello-world Accents are removed from Latin letters (é becomes e); Devanagari and other scripts are kept intact. 11 characters.
Results are estimates for general information, not financial, medical, legal, tax, or property advice. Confirm important figures with the relevant institution or a qualified professional.
URL Slug Generator: frequently asked questions
What does the slug generator remove?
It removes everything that is not a letter or a number. Spaces, punctuation, symbols, underscores and emoji are replaced, and each run of them becomes a single hyphen. Hyphens at the start and end are then trimmed. Accent marks are stripped from Latin letters, and the result is lowercased, so the output contains only letters, digits and hyphens. If the input has no letters or numbers at all, the tool asks you to enter some instead of returning an empty slug.
Does it remove stop words like a, the and of?
No. Every word in your title is kept, so How to Start a Blog becomes how-to-start-a-blog. If you prefer shorter slugs, delete the small words yourself after generating it. Shorter slugs are tidier, but keeping the words is never harmful, and many sites leave them in for readability.
Can I use it for Hindi or Marathi titles?
Yes. Devanagari letters, vowel signs and digits are kept exactly as typed, and only accents on Latin letters are removed. For example, पैठण News Update becomes पैठण-news-update. English words in a mixed title are lowercased as usual. Check that your CMS accepts non-Latin slugs; WordPress does, although such URLs are percent-encoded when copied and can look long when shared.
Does it transliterate non-Latin text to English letters?
No. Letters from scripts such as Devanagari, Greek, Cyrillic or Chinese stay in their original script; the tool does not convert them to a Latin spelling. Browsers display these characters normally, but they are percent-encoded when the URL is copied or sent, which can make shared links look long. If you prefer a Roman-letter slug, type the title in English or Roman spelling before generating it.
Is the slug length limited?
The tool does not shorten slugs, so a long headline produces a long slug. Your CMS may apply its own limit; WordPress, for example, allows long slugs but they look cluttered in search results and social shares. Aim for a few meaningful keywords. Trim the result before pasting it into your permalink field if it runs long.