URL Slug Best Practices Checklist

What to check before publishing a URL slug. For the full explanation, see What Is a URL Slug and How to Create a Good One.

Checklist

• Use lowercase letters only.
• Separate words with hyphens, not underscores.
• Keep it short and descriptive.
• Remove unnecessary stop words (a, the, and) when they don’t add meaning.
• Avoid special characters and accented letters.
• Avoid dates or numbers unless they’re meaningful to the content.

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