What a slug is
A slug is the part of a URL that identifies a page in a readable way, usually lowercase, with accents removed and words separated by hyphens — for example, "How To Bake Chocolate Cake" becomes "how-to-bake-chocolate-cake".
Why use a friendly slug
Short, readable URLs without special characters are better for SEO, easier to share, and more trustworthy to users than URLs with numeric IDs or encoded characters.
Frequently asked questions
Are accents and special characters removed?
Yes — accents are stripped (e.g. "café" becomes "cafe") and any character that isn't a letter, number or hyphen is discarded.
Do spaces become hyphens or underscores?
Hyphens — that's the standard used by virtually every friendly-URL system (WordPress, Shopify, etc.).