URL Slug & Permalink Optimizer
Bloated slugs with stop words, uppercase letters, and special characters hurt CTR and crawl clarity. Paste your title and get three optimized slug variants, a before/after comparison, and ready-to-use 301 redirect rules for your migration.
Tool interface
Optimized Slug Variants
301 Redirect Rules
Introduction
A URL slug is one of the few ranking signals you can control directly, and one of the first things users see in the SERP. Clean, keyword-focused slugs improve both relevance signals and click-through rates. This tool automates the cleanup and gives you the redirect rules to migrate safely.
How It Works
- Text is transliterated to ASCII, lowercased, and split into words.
- Stop words and special characters are removed based on your settings.
- Three variants are generated: full, slim (no stop words), and short (budget-limited).
- If a legacy URL is provided, 301 redirect rules are generated for Apache, Nginx, or generic regex.
Privacy
Your text is processed entirely in your browser using string manipulation. No content is transmitted anywhere. No API calls, no tracking.
Limitations
- Transliteration covers common Latin-script accents; exotic scripts (CJK, Cyrillic) are stripped rather than romanized.
- Stop-word list is English-focused; other languages may need manual adjustment.
- Redirect rules assume a simple path change; complex rewrites may need customization.
FAQ
Should I include dates in my slugs?
Only for genuinely time-sensitive content (news, events). For evergreen guides, dates make the content look stale and require URL changes when you update the year.
Do hyphens or underscores matter?
Yes — Google treats hyphens as word separators but underscores as word joiners. Always use hyphens for SEO.
Is my content uploaded?
No. Everything is processed locally in your browser. Nothing is transmitted.