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How to Create a Clean URL Slug

Turn a page title into a readable lowercase URL slug.

1 min readUpdated Aug 27, 2026

A URL slug is the readable part of a web address that identifies a page, such as how-to-resize-an-image. Clean slugs are easier to read, share and maintain.

Keep the important words

Use a short phrase that accurately describes the page. Avoid stuffing unrelated keywords into a slug just to make it longer.

Use lowercase letters and hyphens

The TheTecTricks URL Slug Generator converts a title to lowercase, removes unsupported punctuation and separates words with hyphens.

Do not change established URLs casually

If a page is already published and indexed, changing its slug can break links. When a URL genuinely needs to move, use an appropriate redirect from the old address to the new one.