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Slugify: a quick guide

Turn any title into a clean, SEO-friendly URL slug with full Unicode handling.

Slugs are the URL-safe version of a title, and the difference between a good slug and a bad one is search visibility. The ChrysoKit Slugify tool produces clean, lowercase, hyphenated slugs that handle accents and non-Latin scripts correctly.

Why use it

A handwritten slug is one typo away from a duplicate. A slugifier is consistent across hundreds of titles and handles edge cases (accents, ampersands, symbols) automatically.

How to use the Slugify

  1. Paste the title.
  2. Read the slug below.
  3. Tweak the rules: max length, keep underscores, allow uppercase.
  4. Copy and paste into your CMS.

Features worth knowing

Unicode handling

Accents are stripped or transliterated; non-Latin scripts are romanised.

Configurable rules

Max length, separator, case and reserved-word handling.

Live preview

The slug updates as you type.

Pro tips

  • Keep slugs short. 3-5 words usually cover the topic and look better in search results.
  • Avoid stop words ('a', 'the', 'of') unless they change the meaning.
  • Once a slug is published, don't change it. If you must, redirect the old one with a 301.

Privacy first. The Slugify runs entirely in your browser. Nothing you enter is sent to a server.

Run every title through Slugify before publishing. Clean URLs are a small SEO win that compounds.

Open the tool: Slugify →

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