diff --git a/src/commands/Article.ts b/src/commands/Article.ts
index b4aad4dc..d8daeab7 100644
--- a/src/commands/Article.ts
+++ b/src/commands/Article.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ import {
   SETTING_SLUG_PREFIX,
   SETTING_SLUG_SUFFIX,
   SETTING_CONTENT_PLACEHOLDERS,
-  TelemetryEvent
+  TelemetryEvent,
+  SETTING_SLUG_TEMPLATE
 } from './../constants';
 import * as vscode from 'vscode';
 import { CustomPlaceholder, Field } from '../models';
@@ -260,6 +261,21 @@ export class Article {
       return;
     }
 
+    const slugTemplate = Settings.get<string>(SETTING_SLUG_TEMPLATE);
+    if (slugTemplate) {
+      if (slugTemplate === '{{title}}') {
+        const article = ArticleHelper.getFrontMatter(editor);
+        if (article?.data?.title) {
+          return article.data.title.toLowerCase().replace(/\s/g, '-');
+        }
+      } else {
+        const article = ArticleHelper.getFrontMatter(editor);
+        if (article?.data) {
+          return SlugHelper.createSlug(article.data.title, article.data, slugTemplate);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
     const file = parseWinPath(editor.document.fileName);
 
     if (!isValidFile(file)) {
diff --git a/src/helpers/SlugHelper.ts b/src/helpers/SlugHelper.ts
index 6cf4ac36..9eed5c4d 100644
--- a/src/helpers/SlugHelper.ts
+++ b/src/helpers/SlugHelper.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ export class SlugHelper {
     if (slugTemplate) {
       if (slugTemplate.includes('{{title}}')) {
         const regex = new RegExp('{{title}}', 'g');
+        slugTemplate = slugTemplate.replace(regex, articleTitle.toLowerCase().replace(/\s/g, '-'));
+      } else if (slugTemplate.includes('{{seoTitle}}')) {
+        const regex = new RegExp('{{seoTitle}}', 'g');
         slugTemplate = slugTemplate.replace(regex, SlugHelper.slugify(articleTitle));
       }