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Free UTM Naming Convention Checker

Validate UTM values against best practices

UTM Naming Convention Checker

Enter a URL with UTM parameters or just the UTM values to check

Best Practices
  • • Use lowercase only
  • • Replace spaces with hyphens or underscores
  • • Be consistent with separators
  • • Avoid special characters
  • • Keep it concise but descriptive

Why Use This Tool

Check your UTM parameter values against common naming conventions. Detect mixed casing, spaces, special characters, and inconsistent separators.

Convention Validation

Check if your UTM values follow best practices for consistent GA4 reporting.

Consistency Checks

Detect mixed separators (hyphens vs underscores), inconsistent casing, and problematic characters.

Actionable Suggestions

Get specific recommendations to improve your UTM naming for cleaner analytics data.

Team Alignment

Share the checker with your marketing team to establish and maintain consistent UTM naming standards.

How It Works

1

Enter your URL or UTM values

Paste a full URL or individual UTM parameter values to check.

2

Review naming issues

See which values pass or fail common naming convention rules.

3

Apply suggestions

Use the recommendations to standardize your UTM naming across all campaigns.

Free Tool vs linkutm Platform

This free tool covers the basics. The linkutm platform gives you everything you need to scale your campaign tracking.

Feature
Free Tool
linkutm Pro
Case Validation
Separator Checks
Custom Naming Rules
Unlimited rules
Team Enforcement
Auto-enforce
Allowed Value Lists
Custom lists
Compliance Reports
Weekly

Use Cases

See how marketing teams use this tool in real campaigns.

Onboard New Team Members

Share the checker with new marketers to teach them your UTM naming standards from day one.

Quarterly Data Cleanup

Run existing campaign URLs through the checker to identify naming inconsistencies before quarterly reporting.

Agency Alignment

Verify that external agencies follow your naming conventions before accepting campaign deliverables.

Frequently Asked Questions

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