URL Slug Generator

About this tool

The URL slug generator turns product titles into clean, lowercase handles that Shopify and search engines can read. It strips accents, punctuation, and stray spaces, then joins words with hyphens, so "Men's Water-Resistant Jacket (Blue)" becomes men-s-water-resistant-jacket-blue. Paste one title per line to convert a whole catalog at once.

Reach for this before you create products or set up URL redirects. Shopify bakes a product handle into its URL, and a messy handle hurts both readability and rankings. Generating handles up front keeps them consistent across your store.

How to use it

1. Paste your titlesEnter one product title per line. Each becomes its own slug.
2. Copy the handlesEach line returns a hyphenated, lowercase slug ready for Shopify's handle field.
3. Use them in redirectsPair old and new handles when you migrate URLs to avoid 404s and lost link equity.

Frequently asked questions

What makes a good URL slug?

Keep it short, lowercase, and readable. Use hyphens between words, drop stop words where you can, and include the main keyword. Google reads hyphenated words as separate terms; it does not split on underscores.

Can I edit a Shopify product handle after publishing?

Yes, but changing it changes the URL. Shopify can create an automatic redirect from the old handle, or you can add one with the redirect CSV tool to keep existing links working.

Why are hyphens better than underscores?

Search engines treat hyphens as word separators and underscores as part of a single word. "blue-shirt" reads as two words; "blue_shirt" reads as one.