Convert arbitrary titles into URL slugs: lowercase, accent-stripped, with spaces and punctuation replaced by hyphens. The pipeline matches the slug rules used elsewhere in Tool Plaza for URI generation.
Algorithm
- Normalize and trim input
- Remove diacritics (NFD)
- Replace non-alphanumeric runs with a separator (default hyphen)
- Collapse duplicate separators and trim edges
When to use it
- Preview blog post permalinks before publishing
- Generate consistent file names from human titles
- Batch-convert product names for static site generators
Limitations
Empty or punctuation-only input returns an error. The tool does not check slug uniqueness against your CMS or reserved URL paths.
Example
For example, enter the default sample values on the form and compare the output with a known reference; adjust one input at a time to see how the result changes.