Keep the distinctive subject words, lowercase them, and separate them with hyphens. Remove filler only when the meaning remains intact. For example, “How to Resize Images Without Blur” can become resize-images-without-blur.
Review the slug generator output for accents, names, non-Latin characters, and collisions with existing pages. A slug is part of a public URL, so keep private information out of it. Once published, avoid changing it without a redirect because old links may break.
A good slug still identifies the page after its headline is revised.