[Feature Request]: able to set custom slug when creating bookshelve, book and etc... #2577

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OVERLORD · 2026-02-05T04:32:58+03:00

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-05 04:32:58 +03:00

Originally created by @Antares95 on GitHub (Jan 16, 2022).

Describe the feature you'd like

Request to add a optional field on create page to allow user set a custom slug.

Describe the benefits this feature would bring to BookStack users

This may very useful for CJK (Chinese Japanese Korean) users.

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Originally created by @Antares95 on GitHub (Jan 16, 2022). ### Describe the feature you'd like Request to add a optional field on create page to allow user set a custom slug. ### Describe the benefits this feature would bring to BookStack users This may very useful for CJK (Chinese Japanese Korean) users. ### Additional context _No response_

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2026-02-05 04:33:02 +03:00

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Jan 16, 2022):

Hi @Antares95,
Thanks for your request.

This may very useful for CJK (Chinese Japanese Korean) users.

I would need to know the benefits it would bring here. What does it allow or achieve for this group of users?

Generally I wouldn't want to add in an meta-level optional input field. In the future I'd be looking to change the URL scheme to be non-slug-based (For content at least) which would make this redundant. Will be a while though before we move to that scheme.

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Jan 16, 2022): Hi @Antares95, Thanks for your request. > This may very useful for CJK (Chinese Japanese Korean) users. I would need to know the benefits it would bring here. What does it allow or achieve for this group of users? Generally I wouldn't want to add in an meta-level optional input field. In the future I'd be looking to change the URL scheme to be non-slug-based (For content at least) which would make this redundant. Will be a while though before we move to that scheme.

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-05 04:33:07 +03:00

@Antares95 commented on GitHub (Jan 17, 2022):

Hi @ssddanbrown ,
Thanks for your reply.
Currently BookStack’s slug can`t recognize CJK character and just ignore them. If some books name is full of CJK character, it just generate a random hexdecimal string for the slug name. This may look strange in the URL address.
But I agree your point of view, a non-slug-based URL scheme will be a batter solution.

@Antares95 commented on GitHub (Jan 17, 2022): Hi @ssddanbrown , Thanks for your reply. Currently BookStack’s slug can`t recognize CJK character and just ignore them. If some books name is full of CJK character, it just generate a random hexdecimal string for the slug name. This may look strange in the URL address. But I agree your point of view, a non-slug-based URL scheme will be a batter solution.

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Reference: starred/BookStack#2577