Text to Slug
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How to Use Text to Slug
- 1Type or paste your text
- 2The slug is generated in real time
- 3Copy the slug to use in your URL or code
About Text to Slug
Text to Slug converts your text into a URL-friendly slug format — the clean, lowercase, hyphenated string used in website URLs, file names, and database keys. The converter lowercases all characters, strips accents from accented letters (é→e, ü→u, ñ→n), replaces spaces and special characters with hyphens, and removes any characters that are not alphanumeric or hyphens.
For example, "My Article Title! 2025" becomes "my-article-title-2025", and "Café au lait" becomes "cafe-au-lait". Multiple consecutive hyphens are collapsed to a single hyphen, and leading or trailing hyphens are removed to produce a clean result.
Slug generation runs in real time as you type with no server required. This tool is essential for CMS URL generation, blog post slug creation, e-commerce product URL slugs, file naming conventions, and database record key generation.
Key Features of Text to Slug
- Converts text to lowercase, hyphenated URL-safe slug format
- Strips diacritics and accents before slugification (é→e, ü→u)
- Replaces spaces and special characters with hyphens
- Collapses consecutive hyphens to a single hyphen
- Removes leading and trailing hyphens from the result
- Instant real-time slug generation as you type
- One-click copy button for the generated slug
- Runs entirely in-browser with no data transmission
Supported Formats
Input Formats
Output Formats
Accented characters are first converted to their ASCII equivalents (é→e, ü→u, ñ→n) before slugification. Multiple consecutive hyphens are collapsed to one.
Examples
Generate a URL slug from a blog post title
Convert a blog post title with punctuation into a clean URL-ready slug for the CMS.
Input
My Article Title! Published in 2025
Output
my-article-title-published-in-2025
Slugify a title with accented characters
Convert a French-language title into an ASCII-safe URL slug.
Input
Café au lait: histoire & recette
Output
cafe-au-lait-histoire-recette
Common Use Cases
- Generating URL slugs for blog posts and articles in a CMS
- Creating clean product URL slugs for e-commerce stores
- Generating file names from document titles for consistent naming
- Creating database record keys from user-provided name strings
- Producing clean identifiers for use in CSS classes or JavaScript keys
- Slugifying category and tag names for URL-friendly navigation
Troubleshooting
Expecting non-Latin characters (Chinese, Arabic, etc.) to produce a slug
Solution
Non-Latin scripts do not have ASCII equivalents, so they are removed entirely during slugification. Only Latin-alphabet text with diacritics is converted to ASCII. For non-Latin content, manually provide a transliteration or romanization first.
Underscores appearing in the slug
Solution
This tool replaces underscores with hyphens as part of the slugification process. If you specifically need underscores, use the Text to snake_case converter instead.
Numbers at the start of a slug being unexpected
Solution
Numbers are valid slug characters and are preserved. If a title begins with a number (like "10 Tips for…"), the slug will start with that number ("10-tips-for"). This is valid for URLs.
Frequently Asked Questions
What characters are allowed in a slug?
URL slugs contain only lowercase letters (a-z), digits (0-9), and hyphens. All other characters — including spaces, punctuation, special symbols, and accented letters — are removed or converted during slugification.
Are accented characters removed or converted?
Accented characters are first converted to their closest ASCII equivalents using Unicode NFD normalization — é becomes e, ü becomes u, ñ becomes n, ç becomes c, etc. Then the (now unaccented) letters are kept while the accent marks are discarded.
What happens to non-Latin characters like Chinese or Arabic?
Non-Latin characters that have no ASCII equivalent are simply removed. This includes Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Hebrew, and other scripts. If your text uses these languages, provide a manual transliteration first.
Is a slug the same as kebab-case?
They are similar but not identical. A URL slug goes further by also removing accents, stripping non-ASCII characters, and is specifically designed for URL use. Kebab-case is used for code identifiers and may retain some characters that would be stripped from a slug.
What is the difference between a slug and a URL path?
A slug is the identifying part of a URL, typically the last segment (e.g., "my-article-title" in "/blog/my-article-title"). A full URL path includes the domain and all segments. This tool generates the slug portion only.
Is there a length limit for slugs?
There is no limit imposed by this tool. However, for SEO purposes, slugs should ideally be under 75 characters and contain the most important keywords. Shorter slugs are generally better for usability and sharing.
Is my text sent to a server?
No. All slugification runs in client-side JavaScript in your browser. Your text is never uploaded, stored, or transmitted to any server.
Does it handle numbers in the title?
Yes. Numbers are valid slug characters and are preserved exactly as they appear in the title. A title like "10 Best Tools" becomes the slug "10-best-tools".