Text to Slug Converter - Create Clean, SEO-Friendly URLs

A slug is the part of a URL that identifies a specific page on a website in a human-readable form. Instead of using page IDs or random strings, slugs use words that describe the page's content, making URLs more memorable and SEO-friendly. For example, in the URL "example.com/blog/best-web-tools", the slug is "best-web-tools".

Using slugs in URLs provides several benefits over numeric IDs:

• Improved SEO as search engines can understand what the page is about
• Better user experience as URLs become more readable and memorable
• Increased click-through rate as users can see what the content is before clicking
• Enhanced accessibility and easier sharing across platforms

For maximum compatibility, URL slugs should only contain:

• Lowercase alphanumeric characters (a-z, 0-9)
• Hyphens (-) as word separators (most common)
• Underscores (_) as an alternative separator

It's best to avoid spaces, uppercase letters, special characters, accented characters, and punctuation in slugs to ensure consistent behavior across different systems and browsers.

While there's no strict character limit for slugs, it's best to keep them:

• Concise: 3-5 words is often ideal
• Under 60 characters when possible
• Descriptive enough to represent the content
• Including relevant keywords near the beginning

Overly long slugs can get truncated in search results and are harder to share, while very short slugs might not provide enough context about the page's content.

Yes, all text processing happens directly in your browser using JavaScript. Your input text is never sent to our servers. This ensures complete privacy and security when working with sensitive content while also providing instant results without waiting for server processing.

To create SEO-optimized slugs, follow these best practices:

• Include your primary keyword near the beginning of the slug
• Keep slugs short and descriptive (3-5 words is ideal)
• Use hyphens to separate words (preferred by search engines)
• Remove unnecessary words like 'and', 'the', 'a', etc.
• Make slugs readable for humans, not just search engines

Yes, you can change a slug after publishing, but it should be done with caution. When you change a slug, any existing links to the old URL will break unless you set up proper redirects.

If you must change a slug on existing content, always implement a 301 redirect from the old URL to the new one to preserve SEO value and prevent broken links. Most content management systems provide ways to handle this automatically or with plugins.