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What is Slug? A Practical Definition

2026-07-283 min read

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What is Slug?

A slug is a URL-safe, human-readable identifier for a resource — typically lowercase, with spaces replaced by hyphens and special characters stripped. Slugs are preferred over numeric IDs in URLs because they are descriptive and good for SEO (e.g. /blog/what-is-a-slug instead of /blog/4821).

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"What is a Slug?" becomes the slug what-is-a-slug.

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