Slug generator
Turn text into a URL-friendly slug.
The slug generator lowercases your text, trims it, and collapses every run of spaces or punctuation into a single hyphen — letters from any language, including Chinese, are kept as-is, so only the separators are normalized.
Slug
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How to use
- Type or paste any text, like a post title.
- The slug updates live: it's lowercased, trimmed, and every run of spaces or punctuation becomes a single hyphen.
- Letters from any language (including Chinese) are kept as-is — only the separators are normalized.
Common use scenarios
- Turning a blog post or page title into a URL slug.
- Generating a consistent identifier from a product or category name.
- Cleaning up a messy string into something safe for a URL path.
- Checking what slug a CMS or static site generator would likely produce from a title.
✓Content & verification reviewed: 2026-08-25
How we verify Slug generator
How to confirm the generated slug will work where you're using it.
Letters from any script are preserved, not romanized
Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and other non-Latin letters are kept in the slug exactly as typed — this tool does not convert them to pinyin or any other Latin-alphabet romanization, so a Chinese title produces a slug that still contains Chinese characters.
Everything that isn't a letter or number becomes a hyphen
Spaces, punctuation, and symbols are all replaced with hyphens, and consecutive separators collapse into a single hyphen — leading and trailing hyphens are trimmed off the result.
Case is always lowercased
The output is always fully lowercase regardless of the input's capitalization, matching the common convention for URL slugs.
Before you rely on the result
- You've confirmed your URL system accepts non-ASCII characters if your input includes Chinese or other non-Latin text.
- You understand this doesn't romanize CJK text to pinyin — a separate step is needed if you require ASCII-only slugs.
- You've checked the slug doesn't unexpectedly collide with an existing one in your system.
- You've copied the result before navigating away, since nothing is saved.
Who this is for
- Anyone turning a blog post or page title into a URL slug.
- People generating a consistent identifier from a product or category name.
- Anyone cleaning up a messy string for a URL path.
- People checking what slug a CMS would likely produce from a title.
Real-world examples
Blog post URL
A writer publishing a post with a long title generates a slug to use as the post's URL path, keeping it clean and consistent.
Product identifier
Someone setting up a product catalog generates a slug from each product name to use as a stable, readable identifier in URLs.
Chinese title handling
A person publishing content with a Chinese title generates a slug to see it kept as Chinese characters with normalized separators, matching how many modern platforms handle non-English URLs.
Limitations
- This doesn't transliterate non-Latin scripts to ASCII (e.g. Chinese characters are kept, not converted to pinyin) — if your URL system requires ASCII-only slugs, you'll need a separate romanization step.
Frequently asked questions
Does this convert Chinese text to pinyin?
No — Chinese and other non-Latin letters are kept exactly as typed. If you need an ASCII-only, romanized slug, you'll need a separate pinyin conversion step.
What happens to punctuation and spaces?
They're all replaced with hyphens, and any run of consecutive separators collapses into just one hyphen, with leading/trailing hyphens trimmed.
Is the output always lowercase?
Yes — regardless of how your input is capitalized, the slug is always fully lowercased, matching standard URL slug convention.
Will this exactly match what my CMS generates?
Probably close, but not guaranteed — different platforms have slightly different slug rules (e.g. how they handle certain symbols), so treat this as a good approximation rather than an exact match.
🔒 Runs in your browser — nothing is uploaded. Results are for reference only; see the disclaimer. Last updated: 2026-08-25
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