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Code sharing for members

One place for your members to share code.

Pastes with syntax highlighting, revisions, forks and expiry, kept in your own database next to everything else your community writes.

Get SnipShare See what a paste holds
The SnipShare Public Pastes page with search, a language filter and highlighted Python, JavaScript and PHP pastes
A paste as a member sees it, with its language, its visibility and its share controls.
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The problem

Your members already share code.
Just not on your site.

  1. In chat and direct messages

    Snippets scroll away within minutes, and nobody can search for them later.

  2. Pasted into forum replies

    Long files lose their formatting and bury the actual question.

  3. On Pastebin

    The thread keeps only a link. The code, and the next visit, belong to another site.

  4. In personal GitHub Gists

    Your community's best examples end up in individual accounts, not in your community.

SnipShare gives that code a home on your site: every paste gets a URL, a revision history and an author profile.

What a paste holds

Four decisions per snippet, and one of them surprises people

Everything here lives in your own database on your own server. That is the point of running it yourself, and it also changes what a couple of the words mean.

  • A body, highlighted

    Twenty languages are highlighted from a locally bundled Prism, so nothing is fetched from a CDN and nothing breaks when an external service moves.

  • A visibility

    Public, private, or unlisted. Unlisted gets a twelve-character address that is not a WordPress permalink and is excluded from every listing, feed and search on the site.

  • An optional password

    On top of any visibility, and it is checked on every surface: the page, the raw view, the download and the API, rather than only on the page somebody looks at first.

  • An expiry, if you want one

    From ten minutes to a year, or burn after the first read by somebody else. Both hide the paste rather than erasing it, which is worth knowing if the point was to leave no copy.

Three things to know before you rely on it

Said here rather than found later

Expired is hidden, not deleted
A paste that expires or burns stops opening and its row stays in your database. Only a paste you trash is eventually removed. If a snippet must genuinely cease to exist, delete it yourself.
Twenty languages highlight, more are listed
The picker offers more names than the bundled highlighter covers, so a few, YAML and Markdown among them, display as plain text. The paste is stored and shared correctly either way.
Several files per paste is an API job today
A paste can hold more than one file, and the viewer tabs them and the download zips them. Creating one that way means calling the REST API, because the browser editor writes a single file.

From activation to the first shared paste

1
Activate and run the wizard
Activation creates the Pastes page. The setup wizard can add sample pastes so the archive is not empty.
2
Choose your defaults
Set default visibility, editor and syntax themes, files per paste, and which features members can use.
3
Members post, link and embed
Members create pastes from the front end, then share the link or embed it in posts and forum replies.

Communities that keep their code at home

Developer forums and support communities
Replies link to a highlighted, versioned paste instead of a wall of unformatted code.
BuddyPress communities
New public pastes post to the activity stream, and every profile gets a Pastes tab.
Coding courses and bootcamps
Students fork an instructor's example. Each edit is kept as a revision you can compare.
Plugin and theme support sites
Customers share config files as unlisted pastes with a password, not in public threads.
Open source project sites
Contributors keep helper snippets in public collections, tagged by language and topic.
Agencies building client communities
The Agency license covers unlimited client sites with every feature.
BuddyPress and bbPress

Code sharing that shows up where members already talk

When BuddyPress or bbPress is active, pastes join the activity stream, member profiles and forum replies. Each connection has its own setting.

Activity stream posts
A new public paste posts "shared a new code paste" to the activity stream, with the code embedded.
Profile tab and notifications
Profiles get a Pastes tab with My Pastes and Starred. Authors are notified when someone stars or forks.
Insert Paste in forums
bbPress topic and reply forms list your 10 most recent pastes, ready to insert.
BuddyPress activity stream with a member update embedding a highlighted Python paste

A shared paste embedded in the BuddyPress activity stream, with its code preview inline

What members can do with a paste

Every license includes all of it. Admins can switch most features off in settings.

  • Several files under one link, through the API

    A paste can hold more than one file: the viewer tabs them, Raw concatenates them and Download gives you a ZIP. Creating one that way is an API call today, because the browser editor writes a single file.

  • Highlighting for 38 languages

    Write in a CodeMirror editor and read with Prism.js, from PHP and Python to YAML and Terraform.

  • Revisions with side-by-side diffs

    Every edit keeps a version. Compare any two and step through each change.

  • Fork and star

    Copy a public paste into your own account to change it. Star the ones worth keeping.

  • Collections and tags

    Group pastes into public or private collections, and browse by tag or language.

  • Visibility, passwords, burn after reading

    Public, unlisted or private, plus an optional password or a paste that burns after one view.

  • Expiry from 10 minutes to a year

    Let a paste expire after 10 minutes, a day, a month, six months or a year. Or never.

  • Reports and a moderation queue

    Members report spam or malicious code. Editors and admins review each report in wp-admin.

  • REST API and embeds

    Build on the snipshare/v1 API, or embed a paste, one file or a line range with a shortcode.

Real screens

Inside a SnipShare community

A member profile: pastes, collections and starred pastes, with a New Paste button

A two-file TypeScript paste with Raw, Download, Revisions and Share

Editing a three-file paste, one tab per file

Version 1 against version 2, with removed and added lines marked

A public collection with its curator, paste count and tags

The Pastes tab on a BuddyPress profile, with My Pastes and Starred

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The plugin keeps working. Updates and support stop until you renew.

Annual licenses include a year of updates and support and renew at 30% off. Lifetime licenses are a one-time payment and never expire.

Before you add SnipShare to your site

Does SnipShare need BuddyPress?
No. It runs on any WordPress site. BuddyPress adds activity posts, a Pastes profile tab and star or fork notifications. bbPress adds paste embeds and an Insert Paste button.
Who can create pastes?
Any logged-in member by default. Guests can read public and unlisted pastes but cannot create them. Editors and admins moderate.
Can it replace Pastebin for my community?
For code members share with each other, yes. Visibility, passwords, expiry and burn after reading are built in. There is no importer, so existing Pastebin links stay where they are.
Can people download or embed a paste?
Every paste has Raw and Download links, and a paste holding several files downloads as a ZIP. The [snipshare] shortcode embeds a paste, one file or a line range.
Will it match my theme?
Paste pages load inside your theme's header and footer, and follow a block theme's color palette. Dark themes get dark paste styles.
What happens to pastes if I delete the plugin?
Deactivating keeps everything. Deleting the plugin removes every SnipShare table, the Pastes page and the settings, so back up your database first.
What if my license lapses?
The plugin keeps working and your pastes stay put. Updates and support stop until you renew. Lifetime licenses never lapse.

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