Slug Generator

A slug is the readable path segment that commonly identifies a page. It is a URL-friendly string, usually in kebab-case: lowercase words separated by hyphens.

In https://example.com/blog/seo-friendly-url, the slug is seo-friendly-url. The domain, directories, and slug together form the path. A permalink is the lasting address for that page. Not every site uses a single slug in the same way — some apps use IDs, dates, or nested folders.

A useful slug describes the page in words a person can read. Keep it relevant, concise, and free of leftover punctuation. Lowercase hyphenated text is the usual web pattern because it is easy to scan and share.

The slug should help someone understand the topic before they click. Search engines can work with many URL shapes; clarity for users still comes first. This page is an online slug generator for that job, not a ranking scorecard.

1. Enter a page title or phrase.
2. Choose your separator and any optional settings.
3. Review the generated slug.
4. Copy the result.
5. Add it to your CMS, framework, or routing system.

Paste a heading into this title to slug generator when you want a clean path before you publish. For example, How to Improve Website Speed in 2026 becomes how-to-improve-website-speed-in-2026.

Automatic conversion is handy for blog posts, landing pages, documentation, product pages, and CMS entries where the title is already written and the permalink still needs a tidy slug.

The permalink is the full URL you expect to stay stable. The slug is only the identifying segment.

Permalink: https://example.com/blog/how-to-do-seo

Slug: how-to-do-seo

A permalink can also include the domain, directories, trailing slash conventions, and other path parts used by the site's routing.

Hyphens are the usual choice for public pages because they visually separate words. Underscores are valid in URLs and can still be used in files or internal routes. This tool defaults to hyphens and lets you switch to underscores when a framework expects them.

Stop words include short words such as the, and, of, to, and in. Removing them can shorten a URL. They should not be stripped automatically when they keep the phrase readable.

That is why stop-word removal is off by default here. Turn it on only when the shorter slug still matches the page topic.

There is no single character count that search engines require. Shorter URLs are often easier to read, paste, and share. Extra words can usually go if they do not add meaning. The slug should still describe the page.

The optional length control is a convenience for CMS limits or house style. It is not presented as a ranking rule.

WordPress builds a post or page slug from the title, and you can edit it before publishing. The WordPress permalink structure then combines that slug with your chosen permalink settings, such as a /blog/ prefix.

Use this tool to prepare the slug first, then paste it into WordPress. LiveTechHacks does not connect to your WordPress site.

Slug generator in JavaScript

A small slugify helper can lowercase text, strip diacritics with Unicode normalization, drop leftover symbols, and join words with hyphens. The snippet below is a starting point for ASCII-oriented slugs. The on-page tool also offers stop-word removal, length limits, and optional Unicode letters.

function slugify(text) {
  return text
    .normalize("NFD")
    .replace(/[\u0300-\u036f]/g, "")
    .toLowerCase()
    .trim()
    .replace(/[^a-z0-9\s-]/g, "")
    .replace(/\s+/g, "-")
    .replace(/-+/g, "-")
    .replace(/^-|-$/g, "");
}

Slug generator in PHP

PHP can follow the same idea with strtolower, a regular expression, and hyphen replacement. Simple regex is not fully internationalized. For non-Latin input, use Transliterator, iconv, or a maintained library rather than assuming every script folds to ASCII.

$slug = strtolower(trim($title));
$slug = preg_replace('/[^a-z0-9\s-]/', '', $slug);
$slug = preg_replace('/[\s-]+/', '-', $slug);

Slug generator in Laravel

Laravel includes Str::slug(), which is the usual helper for this job in that framework.

use Illuminate\Support\Str;

$slug = Str::slug('My Example Blog Post');
// my-example-blog-post