diff --git a/templates/website/src/app/(payload)/admin/importMap.js b/templates/website/src/app/(payload)/admin/importMap.js
index 19c7e2ce2..47d1b140f 100644
--- a/templates/website/src/app/(payload)/admin/importMap.js
+++ b/templates/website/src/app/(payload)/admin/importMap.js
@@ -13,29 +13,32 @@ import { MetaTitleComponent as MetaTitleComponent_11 } from '@payloadcms/plugin-
 import { MetaImageComponent as MetaImageComponent_12 } from '@payloadcms/plugin-seo/client'
 import { MetaDescriptionComponent as MetaDescriptionComponent_13 } from '@payloadcms/plugin-seo/client'
 import { PreviewComponent as PreviewComponent_14 } from '@payloadcms/plugin-seo/client'
-import { HorizontalRuleFeatureClient as HorizontalRuleFeatureClient_15 } from '@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client'
-import { BlocksFeatureClient as BlocksFeatureClient_16 } from '@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client'
-import { default as default_17 } from 'src/payload/components/BeforeDashboard'
-import { default as default_18 } from 'src/payload/components/BeforeLogin'
+import { SlugComponent as SlugComponent_15 } from '@/payload/fields/slug/SlugComponent'
+import { HorizontalRuleFeatureClient as HorizontalRuleFeatureClient_16 } from '@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client'
+import { BlocksFeatureClient as BlocksFeatureClient_17 } from '@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client'
+import { default as default_18 } from 'src/payload/components/BeforeDashboard'
+import { default as default_19 } from 'src/payload/components/BeforeLogin'
 
 export const importMap = {
-  "@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client#RichTextCell": RichTextCell_0,
-  "@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client#RichTextField": RichTextField_1,
-  "@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/generateComponentMap#getGenerateComponentMap": getGenerateComponentMap_2,
-  "@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client#InlineToolbarFeatureClient": InlineToolbarFeatureClient_3,
-  "@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client#FixedToolbarFeatureClient": FixedToolbarFeatureClient_4,
-  "@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client#HeadingFeatureClient": HeadingFeatureClient_5,
-  "@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client#UnderlineFeatureClient": UnderlineFeatureClient_6,
-  "@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client#BoldFeatureClient": BoldFeatureClient_7,
-  "@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client#ItalicFeatureClient": ItalicFeatureClient_8,
-  "@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client#LinkFeatureClient": LinkFeatureClient_9,
-  "@payloadcms/plugin-seo/client#OverviewComponent": OverviewComponent_10,
-  "@payloadcms/plugin-seo/client#MetaTitleComponent": MetaTitleComponent_11,
-  "@payloadcms/plugin-seo/client#MetaImageComponent": MetaImageComponent_12,
-  "@payloadcms/plugin-seo/client#MetaDescriptionComponent": MetaDescriptionComponent_13,
-  "@payloadcms/plugin-seo/client#PreviewComponent": PreviewComponent_14,
-  "@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client#HorizontalRuleFeatureClient": HorizontalRuleFeatureClient_15,
-  "@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client#BlocksFeatureClient": BlocksFeatureClient_16,
-  "/payload/components/BeforeDashboard#default": default_17,
-  "/payload/components/BeforeLogin#default": default_18
+  '@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client#RichTextCell': RichTextCell_0,
+  '@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client#RichTextField': RichTextField_1,
+  '@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/generateComponentMap#getGenerateComponentMap':
+    getGenerateComponentMap_2,
+  '@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client#InlineToolbarFeatureClient': InlineToolbarFeatureClient_3,
+  '@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client#FixedToolbarFeatureClient': FixedToolbarFeatureClient_4,
+  '@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client#HeadingFeatureClient': HeadingFeatureClient_5,
+  '@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client#UnderlineFeatureClient': UnderlineFeatureClient_6,
+  '@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client#BoldFeatureClient': BoldFeatureClient_7,
+  '@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client#ItalicFeatureClient': ItalicFeatureClient_8,
+  '@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client#LinkFeatureClient': LinkFeatureClient_9,
+  '@payloadcms/plugin-seo/client#OverviewComponent': OverviewComponent_10,
+  '@payloadcms/plugin-seo/client#MetaTitleComponent': MetaTitleComponent_11,
+  '@payloadcms/plugin-seo/client#MetaImageComponent': MetaImageComponent_12,
+  '@payloadcms/plugin-seo/client#MetaDescriptionComponent': MetaDescriptionComponent_13,
+  '@payloadcms/plugin-seo/client#PreviewComponent': PreviewComponent_14,
+  '@/payload/fields/slug/SlugComponent#SlugComponent': SlugComponent_15,
+  '@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client#HorizontalRuleFeatureClient': HorizontalRuleFeatureClient_16,
+  '@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client#BlocksFeatureClient': BlocksFeatureClient_17,
+  '/payload/components/BeforeDashboard#default': default_18,
+  '/payload/components/BeforeLogin#default': default_19,
 }
diff --git a/templates/website/src/payload-types.ts b/templates/website/src/payload-types.ts
index a5e004195..47adc1fdb 100644
--- a/templates/website/src/payload-types.ts
+++ b/templates/website/src/payload-types.ts
@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@ export interface Page {
   };
   publishedAt?: string | null;
   slug?: string | null;
+  slugLock?: boolean | null;
   updatedAt: string;
   createdAt: string;
   _status?: ('draft' | 'published') | null;
@@ -331,6 +332,7 @@ export interface Post {
       }[]
     | null;
   slug?: string | null;
+  slugLock?: boolean | null;
   updatedAt: string;
   createdAt: string;
   _status?: ('draft' | 'published') | null;
diff --git a/templates/website/src/payload/collections/Pages/index.ts b/templates/website/src/payload/collections/Pages/index.ts
index df201877a..3576566be 100644
--- a/templates/website/src/payload/collections/Pages/index.ts
+++ b/templates/website/src/payload/collections/Pages/index.ts
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ export const Pages: CollectionConfig = {
         position: 'sidebar',
       },
     },
-    slugField(),
+    ...slugField(),
   ],
   hooks: {
     afterChange: [revalidatePage],
diff --git a/templates/website/src/payload/collections/Posts/index.ts b/templates/website/src/payload/collections/Posts/index.ts
index 80927033f..c3f6b02ab 100644
--- a/templates/website/src/payload/collections/Posts/index.ts
+++ b/templates/website/src/payload/collections/Posts/index.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import { authenticatedOrPublished } from '../../access/authenticatedOrPublished'
 import { Banner } from '../../blocks/Banner'
 import { Code } from '../../blocks/Code'
 import { MediaBlock } from '../../blocks/MediaBlock'
-import { slugField } from '../../fields/slug'
 import { generatePreviewPath } from '../../utilities/generatePreviewPath'
 import { populateAuthors } from './hooks/populateAuthors'
 import { revalidatePost } from './hooks/revalidatePost'
@@ -26,6 +25,7 @@ import {
   OverviewField,
   PreviewField,
 } from '@payloadcms/plugin-seo/fields'
+import { slugField } from '@/payload/fields/slug'
 
 export const Posts: CollectionConfig = {
   slug: 'posts',
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ export const Posts: CollectionConfig = {
         },
       ],
     },
-    slugField(),
+    ...slugField(),
   ],
   hooks: {
     afterChange: [revalidatePost],
diff --git a/templates/website/src/payload/fields/slug.ts b/templates/website/src/payload/fields/slug.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index b73ecba4f..000000000
--- a/templates/website/src/payload/fields/slug.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-import type { Field } from 'payload'
-
-import deepMerge from '../utilities/deepMerge'
-import formatSlug from '../utilities/formatSlug'
-
-type Slug = (fieldToUse?: string, overrides?: Partial<Field>) => Field
-
-export const slugField: Slug = (fieldToUse = 'title', overrides = {}) =>
-  deepMerge<Field, Partial<Field>>(
-    {
-      name: 'slug',
-      type: 'text',
-      admin: {
-        position: 'sidebar',
-      },
-      hooks: {
-        beforeValidate: [formatSlug(fieldToUse)],
-      },
-      index: true,
-      label: 'Slug',
-    },
-    overrides,
-  )
diff --git a/templates/website/src/payload/fields/slug/SlugComponent.tsx b/templates/website/src/payload/fields/slug/SlugComponent.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3567790df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/website/src/payload/fields/slug/SlugComponent.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+'use client'
+import React, { useCallback, useEffect } from 'react'
+
+import {
+  useField,
+  useFieldProps,
+  Button,
+  TextInput,
+  FieldLabel,
+  useFormFields,
+} from '@payloadcms/ui'
+
+import type { TextFieldProps } from 'payload'
+
+import { formatSlug } from './formatSlug'
+import './index.scss'
+
+type SlugComponentProps = {
+  fieldToUse: string
+  checkboxFieldPath: string
+} & TextFieldProps
+
+export const SlugComponent: React.FC<SlugComponentProps> = ({
+  field,
+  fieldToUse,
+  checkboxFieldPath: checkboxFieldPathFromProps,
+}) => {
+  const { label } = field
+  const { path, readOnly: readOnlyFromProps } = useFieldProps()
+
+  const checkboxFieldPath = path.includes('.')
+    ? `${path}.${checkboxFieldPathFromProps}`
+    : checkboxFieldPathFromProps
+
+  const { value, setValue } = useField<string>({ path })
+
+  const { value: checkboxValue, setValue: setCheckboxValue } = useField<boolean>({
+    path: checkboxFieldPath,
+  })
+
+  const fieldToUseValue = useFormFields(([fields, dispatch]) => {
+    return fields[fieldToUse].value as string
+  })
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (checkboxValue) setValue(formatSlug(fieldToUseValue))
+  }, [fieldToUseValue, checkboxValue])
+
+  const handleLock = useCallback(
+    (e) => {
+      e.preventDefault()
+
+      setCheckboxValue(!checkboxValue)
+    },
+    [checkboxValue, setCheckboxValue],
+  )
+
+  const readOnly = readOnlyFromProps || checkboxValue
+
+  return (
+    <div className="field-type slug-field-component">
+      <div className="label-wrapper">
+        <FieldLabel field={field} htmlFor={`field-${path}`} label={label} />
+
+        <Button className="lock-button" buttonStyle="none" onClick={handleLock}>
+          {checkboxValue ? 'Unlock' : 'Lock'}
+        </Button>
+      </div>
+
+      <TextInput label={''} value={value} onChange={setValue} path={path} readOnly={readOnly} />
+    </div>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/templates/website/src/payload/utilities/formatSlug.ts b/templates/website/src/payload/fields/slug/formatSlug.ts
similarity index 75%
rename from templates/website/src/payload/utilities/formatSlug.ts
rename to templates/website/src/payload/fields/slug/formatSlug.ts
index dea02cb24..004e9f2ed 100644
--- a/templates/website/src/payload/utilities/formatSlug.ts
+++ b/templates/website/src/payload/fields/slug/formatSlug.ts
@@ -1,27 +1,25 @@
 import type { FieldHook } from 'payload'
 
-const format = (val: string): string =>
+export const formatSlug = (val: string): string =>
   val
     .replace(/ /g, '-')
     .replace(/[^\w-]+/g, '')
     .toLowerCase()
 
-const formatSlug =
+export const formatSlugHook =
   (fallback: string): FieldHook =>
   ({ data, operation, originalDoc, value }) => {
     if (typeof value === 'string') {
-      return format(value)
+      return formatSlug(value)
     }
 
     if (operation === 'create' || !data?.slug) {
       const fallbackData = data?.[fallback] || data?.[fallback]
 
       if (fallbackData && typeof fallbackData === 'string') {
-        return format(fallbackData)
+        return formatSlug(fallbackData)
       }
     }
 
     return value
   }
-
-export default formatSlug
diff --git a/templates/website/src/payload/fields/slug/index.scss b/templates/website/src/payload/fields/slug/index.scss
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e3dd2d836
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/website/src/payload/fields/slug/index.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+.slug-field-component {
+  .label-wrapper {
+    display: flex;
+    justify-content: space-between;
+    align-items: center;
+  }
+
+  .lock-button {
+    margin: 0;
+    padding-bottom: 0.3125rem;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/templates/website/src/payload/fields/slug/index.ts b/templates/website/src/payload/fields/slug/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..32cd344f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/website/src/payload/fields/slug/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import type { CheckboxField, TextField } from 'payload'
+
+import { formatSlugHook } from './formatSlug'
+
+type Overrides = {
+  slugOverrides?: Partial<TextField>
+  checkboxOverrides?: Partial<CheckboxField>
+}
+
+type Slug = (fieldToUse?: string, overrides?: Overrides) => [TextField, CheckboxField]
+
+export const slugField: Slug = (fieldToUse = 'title', overrides = {}) => {
+  const { slugOverrides, checkboxOverrides } = overrides
+
+  const checkBoxField: CheckboxField = {
+    name: 'slugLock',
+    type: 'checkbox',
+    defaultValue: true,
+    admin: {
+      hidden: true,
+      position: 'sidebar',
+    },
+    ...checkboxOverrides,
+  }
+
+  // Expect ts error here because of typescript mismatching Partial<TextField> with TextField
+  // @ts-expect-error
+  const slugField: TextField = {
+    name: 'slug',
+    type: 'text',
+    index: true,
+    label: 'Slug',
+    ...(slugOverrides || {}),
+    hooks: {
+      // Kept this in for hook or API based updates
+      beforeValidate: [formatSlugHook(fieldToUse)],
+    },
+    admin: {
+      position: 'sidebar',
+      ...(slugOverrides?.admin || {}),
+      components: {
+        Field: {
+          path: '@/payload/fields/slug/SlugComponent#SlugComponent',
+          clientProps: {
+            fieldToUse,
+            checkboxFieldPath: checkBoxField.name,
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    },
+  }
+
+  return [slugField, checkBoxField]
+}
diff --git a/templates/website/tsconfig.json b/templates/website/tsconfig.json
index d95492814..974f89b94 100644
--- a/templates/website/tsconfig.json
+++ b/templates/website/tsconfig.json
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@
       ],
       "@/*": [
         "./src/app/*"
+      ],
+      "@/payload/*": [
+        "./src/payload/*"
       ]
     }
   },