PasteWizard is a professional, production-ready PHP Pastebin Script that allows you to run your own code-sharing or note-sharing platform similar to Pastebin.
It is designed for high performance, strong security and an elegant user experience.

Users can create public or private pastes, password-protect content, choose from multiple expiration options, organize pastes in folders, and share raw code links.
Developers can integrate using the built-in REST API.

⭐ Features Overview

✅ Paste Creation Features

• Syntax highlighting (Auto-detect or manual)
• Public, Unlisted, or Private pastes
• Password-protected pastes
• Burn After Read (one-time view)
• Expiry options:
  • 10 minutes
  • 1 hour
  • 1 day
  • 1 week
  • Never expire
• Clone / edit existing paste
• Line numbering
• Code formatting

👤 User System

• Login / Registration
• Profile settings
• User dashboard
• Manage own pastes
• Delete / edit pastes
• User API key
• Two-factor ready architecture

🗂️ Folders & Tagging System

• Organize pastes inside folders
• Add tags for better search
• Folder privacy settings
• Folder-level controls for teams

🔍 Searching & Browsing

• Full-text search
• Search by title, language, tags
• Recent pastes page
• Popular tags
• Trending languages

🔐 Security

• XSS-safe output using htmlspecialchars
• Password hashing (bcrypt)
• CSRF protection
• Secure session handling
• Anti-spam + rate limit structure
• Secure API tokens
• Burn-after-read deletes instantly

📡 Developer API

PasteWizard includes a ready-to-use REST API:

API authentication:

<code>X-API-KEY: YOUR_KEY_HERE
</code>

⚙️ Cron Jobs

Add this cron to automatically remove expired pastes:

<code>php /home/USER/public_html/cron/cleanup.php
</code>

Recommended frequency: Every 30 minutes

🛠️ Admin Panel Features

Dashboard

• Overview of users, pastes, traffic

Manage Pastes

• View all pastes
• Delete abusive content
• Change paste privacy
• Filter by user / IP / language

Users

• Activate / deactivate accounts
• Reset passwords
• User analytics

Site Settings

• Site name & logo
• Public/private mode
• Rate limits
• CAPTCHA settings
• SEO settings
• Maintenance mode

Pages (CMS)

• Create custom pages
• Terms, privacy, help, etc.
• Add to header/footer menu

🎨 Frontend UI Features

The UI is built with Bulma CSS for clean, modern, responsive design.

• Hero header
• Colored language tabs
• Dark/light theme capability
• Mobile-optimized paste viewer
• Responsive code container
• Clean dashboard UI

⚙️ Requirements

🛠️ Installation

1. Upload Files

Upload all files to:

public_html/

or your server web root.

Ensure the following folder is writable:

/uploads (CHMOD 755 or 775)

2. Create MySQL Database

In cPanel / DirectAdmin:

• Create Database
• Create Database User
• Assign ALL PRIVILEGES

3. Run Installer

Visit the installer:

https://yourdomain.com/install/install.php

Fill in the required fields:

• Database host
• Database user
• Database password
• Site name
• Admin email & password

The installer will automatically create all database tables.

After installation:

Log into admin panel here:

https://yourdomain.com/login

4. Configure Cron (optional but recommended)

Set this cron job to run every hour:

php /path/to/cron/cleanup.php

This removes expired & burn-after-read pastes.