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Member Since: February 25th, 2008
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
Website: pascalbirchler.com
GitHub: swissspidy
Job Title: Developer Programs Engineer
Employer: Google
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Bio

Software Engineer based in Switzerland. WordPress Core Committer. Traveller. Foodie. Polyglot. WordCamp and WordPress Meetup Organizer. Developer Programs Engineer at Google.

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Interests

WordPress, Web, Social Media, Movies

WordPress Origin Story

Started blogging as a 12-year-old back in 2006. Have been hacking on my own sites ever since. Fell in love with the community.

Contributions Sponsored

Pascal Birchler contributes 6 hours per week to the following teams: CLI, Core, Polyglots.

Contribution History

Core Contributor
Core Team
Documentation Contributor
Meetup Organizer
Meta Contributor
Plugin Developer
Translation Contributor
Translation Editor
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Speaker
WP-CLI Contributor

Activity
Plugins
Favorites
Translations

Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Swiss QR Bill, on the site Translate WordPress:
I don't see any translations for de_CH, which would be great to have so we…

4 hours ago
Posted a reply to AMP update and Probable issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That's a great question, albeit not really one that is specific to the AMP plugin.…

6 hours ago
Posted a reply to Google Tags and AMP? How to?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Correct, that analytics screen is currently not suitable for GTM. As for Site Kit, you…

10 hours ago
Posted a reply to SItekit Google Tags Implemtation, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there These forums are usually only monitored on weekdays during regular business hours. Please…

10 hours ago
Posted a reply to I want to remove the plugin from my site Or fix the issues, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Almost! But now there is the same issue in the following sentence: "The website https://tiasays.com…

2 days ago
Posted a reply to I want to remove the plugin from my site Or fix the issues, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The issue appears to be in the very first paragraph: Please try the following: 1.…

3 days ago
Posted a reply to I want to remove the plugin from my site Or fix the issues, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Great, I can verify that the validation errors are gone! Can you please share on…

3 days ago
Posted a reply to I want to remove the plugin from my site Or fix the issues, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Have you cleared the W3 Total Cache disk cache after turning off lazy load? I…

3 days ago
Posted a reply to I want to remove the plugin from my site Or fix the issues, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, You appear to be using W3 Total Cache on your site. Please try…

3 days ago
Posted a reply to AMP update and Probable issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Are you referring to the 1.5.4 release? It's mostly a bugfix release that addresses a…

3 days ago
Closed ticket #50478, in Core Trac:
"Plain" Permalink Settings makes WP API unreachable

3 days ago
Posted a reply to Referenced AMP URL is self-canonical AMP, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Glad to hear! Out of curiosity, which code did you use to fix this? Sharing…

4 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Rename “invalid”, “worksforme”, and “wontfix” ticket resolutions, on the site Make WordPress Core:
+1 wontfix → out-of-scope maybe?

5 days ago
Posted a reply to Referenced AMP URL is self-canonical AMP, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
To clarify, you have now fully deactivated WordFence? If so, it seems like your issue…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Referenced AMP URL is self-canonical AMP, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It looks like you're using Ultimate Member. Does temporarily disabling that plugin make a difference?

2 weeks ago
Committed [48079] to Core Trac:
Sitemaps: Bump `$wp_db_version` to flush rewrite rules after [48072]. ...

2 weeks ago
Closed ticket #50117, in Core Trac:
Add basic, extensible sitemaps.

2 weeks ago
Committed [48072] to Core Trac:
Sitemaps: Add XML sitemaps functionality to WordPress. While web ...

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to A white screen of death was encountered which is likely due to a PHP fatal error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That's impossible to tell in advance. Each page of your website is different, so the…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to A white screen of death was encountered which is likely due to a PHP fatal error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You can ask your hosting provider about current memory, or use the Site Health page…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to A white screen of death was encountered which is likely due to a PHP fatal error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The maximum limit depends on your server. Please try setting your limit to 512MB by…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to A white screen of death was encountered which is likely due to a PHP fatal error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
1) Try 512MB 2) Increase memory to 512MB. Then the AMP plugin might be able…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to A white screen of death was encountered which is likely due to a PHP fatal error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Have you tried increasing memory? Did it not work? With high enough memory, the plugin…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to AMP Errors, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Since you are using AMP in transitional mode, https://www.1e.com/news-insights/blogs/windows-10-forrester-johan-arwidmark/?amp will point to https://www.1e.com/news-insights/blogs/windows-10-forrester-johan-arwidmark/ as the…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Can the plugin be hacked?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The Disable Embeds plugin is very simple, stable and does not require a lot of…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to A white screen of death was encountered which is likely due to a PHP fatal error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Twenty Fourteen is AMP compatible, but you are using a different theme. According to https://wordpress.org/support/topic/there-was-an-error-when-checking-the-amp-validity-for-your-site/…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to there was an error when checking the AMP validity for your site, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
"[...] start a new support topic including the error message, the URL to your site,…

2 weeks ago
Closed ticket #12301, in Core Trac:
built up sitemap

2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Merge Announcement: Extensible Core Sitemaps, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Just to add to this: the current solution already exposes the sitemap in the robots.txt…

2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Merge Announcement: Extensible Core Sitemaps, on the site Make WordPress Core:
FWIW, the feature plugin currently already redirects /sitemap.xml to /wp-sitemap.xml if it is not already…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Cannot add custom script to AMP page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The AMP specification does not allow custom JavaScript (except for within amp-script and iframe). See…

2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Merge Announcement: Extensible Core Sitemaps, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Plugins could add their own rewrite rules to keep using `/sitemap.xml` and still use the…

3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Merge Announcement: Extensible Core Sitemaps, on the site Make WordPress Core:
If you are already using a plugin that implements sitemap, the plugin can build on…

3 weeks ago
Closed ticket #50366, in Core Trac:
WordPress rest_api_init action doesn't work in PHPUnit tests

3 weeks ago
Closed ticket #50364, in Core Trac:
Facebook video embeds broken

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to amp page redirects, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there You appear to be using a different AMP plugin called "AMP for WP".…

3 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, Merge Announcement: Extensible Core Sitemaps, on the site Make WordPress Core:
This proposal seeks to integrate basic, extensible XML sitemaps functionality into WordPress Core. While web…

3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Hello beyondsoftware, I am the…, on the site Translate WordPress:
Done for de_CH

3 weeks ago
Committed [2320958] to Plugins Trac:
Tagging 0.4.1

3 weeks ago
Committed [2320957] to Plugins Trac:
Preparing 0.4.1

3 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, XML Sitemaps Meeting: June 9th, 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Since the last blog post about the XML feature project we have seen many fruitful…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to image error in google structure data testing tool, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Since the Structured Data Testing tool shows errors with your structured data on non-AMP pages,…

3 weeks ago
Committed [2318429] to Plugins Trac:
Tagging 0.4.0 (for real)

4 weeks ago
Committed [2318428] to Plugins Trac:
Tagging 0.4.0

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to AMP Plugin generates something odd to page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there You appear to be using WP Rocket's lazy loading feature or the Lazy…

4 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Core Team Reps for 2020+, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Congrats!

4 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE request for own plugin, on the site Translate WordPress:
Done for de_CH

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to I cannot delete the AMP plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Are you perhaps using WordPress multisite? If so you need to make sure a plugin…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to AMP scripts loading on NON-AMP pages on PAGESPEED insights, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
See the link I posted above. It‘s a feature of Ad Manager.

1 month ago
Posted a reply to AMP scripts loading on NON-AMP pages on PAGESPEED insights, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Since you are using Google Ad Manager, it can be that some AMPHTML ads are…

1 month ago

Developer

AMP

Active Installs: 500,000+
Core Sitemaps

Active Installs: 100+
Disable Embeds

Active Installs: 20,000+
Preferred Languages

Active Installs: 1,000+
Voice Search

Active Installs: 200+

Contributor

Admin Footer Version (rebranded)

Active Installs: Less than 10
Admin Menu Manager

Active Installs: 1,000+
Digest Notifications

Active Installs: 60+
Feed Post Thumbnail

Active Installs: 1,000+
GlotPress

Active Installs: 600+
Shiny Updates

Active Installs: 100+
Team List

Active Installs: 300+
User Feedback

Active Installs: 100+
Widget Disable

Active Installs: 8,000+

Support Rep

PWA

Active Installs: 30,000+
Site Kit by Google

Active Installs: 500,000+

Plugins

Themes

General Translation Editor

Deutsch (German) Plugins Translation Editor - #de_DE

Admin Menu Manager

Active Installs: 1,000+
aleno Restaurant Reservations

Active Installs: 20+
AMP

Active Installs: 500,000+
Yoast Breadcrumbs

Active Installs: 10,000+
Clicky by Yoast

Active Installs: 20,000+
Core Sitemaps

Active Installs: 100+
Digest Notifications

Active Installs: 60+
Enhanced WP Contact Form

Active Installs: 1,000+
Feature Policy

Active Installs: 200+
Google Cloud Storage plugin

Active Installs: 900+
Glue for Yoast SEO & AMP

Active Installs: 100,000+
Site Kit by Google

Active Installs: 500,000+
Native Lazyload

Active Installs: 10,000+
Preferred Languages

Active Installs: 1,000+
Print, PDF, Email by PrintFriendly

Active Installs: 50,000+
PWA

Active Installs: 30,000+
Quicklink for WordPress

Active Installs: 1,000+
Reporting API

Active Installs: 30+
Safe Redirect Manager

Active Installs: 50,000+
SlideShare for WordPress by Yoast

Active Installs: 10,000+
User Feedback

Active Installs: 100+
Yoast SEO

Active Installs: 5+ million
Feed Post Thumbnail

Active Installs: 1,000+
Team List

Active Installs: 300+
Widget Disable

Active Installs: 8,000+
Yoast Comment Hacks

Active Installs: 2,000+

Deutsch (Österreich) (German (Austria)) Plugins Translation Editor - #de_AT

AMP

Active Installs: 500,000+
Core Sitemaps

Active Installs: 100+
Feature Policy

Active Installs: 200+
Native Lazyload

Active Installs: 10,000+
Preferred Languages

Active Installs: 1,000+
PWA

Active Installs: 30,000+
Reporting API

Active Installs: 30+
Sitekit

Active Installs: 700+

Deutsch (Schweiz) (German (Switzerland)) Translation Contributor - #de_CH

WordPress Theme Directory, PI Button, AccessPress Social Login Lite – Social Login WordPress Plugin, Affiliates Manager, Akismet Anti-Spam, AMP, AnsPress – Question and answer, BuddyPress, Button Builder – Buttons X, Contact Form to DB by BestWebSoft, Core Sitemaps, WordPress Calls to Action, Custom Search by BestWebSoft, Digest Notifications, Disable Comments, Disable Privacy Tools, Download Attachments, Easy Property Listings, Easy Retweet, Easy SwipeBox, FPW Category Thumbnails, Frontier Query, GeoDirectory – Business Directory Plugin, MainWP Dashboard, MB Custom Post Type, Media from FTP, Multilanguage by BestWebSoft, NinjaFirewall (WP Edition) – Advanced Security, PDF & Print by BestWebSoft, Podlove Podcast Publisher, Preferred Languages, Pressbooks, Gator Forms: the WordPress Contact Form with bite!, Simple Newsletter, Slimpack - Lightweight Jetpack, Client Invoicing by Sprout Invoices – Easy Estimates and Invoices for WordPress, Stream, Strong Testimonials, Subscriber by BestWebSoft, Syntax-highlighting Code Block (with Server-side Rendering), Tajer, Updater by BestWebSoft, User Role by BestWebSoft, WebMan Amplifier, WooCommerce PDF Invoices, Backup and Restore WordPress – Backup Plugin, WP Club Manager – WordPress Sports Club Plugin, Event Management, Events Calendar, RSVP Event Tickets Plugin, WP Latest Posts, WP Meta SEO, Widget Disable, WPMovieLibrary, WPtouch, Youneeq Recommendations, Zibbra, Aladdin, BluePrintQ Draft, Curtains, evolve, Mesmerize, Modulus, Outliner, Plain WP, raindrops, SG Window, Stained Glass, Uniq, Wallow, Waves, WordPress 4.2.x, WordPress 4.3.x, WordPress 4.4.x, WordPress 4.5.x, WordPress 4.6.x, WordPress 4.7.x, WordPress 4.8.x, WordPress 4.9.x, WordPress 5.0.x, WordPress 5.1.x, WordPress 5.2.x, WordPress 5.3.x, and WordPress 5.4.x - Development

Deutsch (German) Translation Contributor - #de_DE

WordPress Theme Directory, Admin Menu Manager, Ads.txt Manager, aleno Restaurant Reservations, AMP, Antispam Bee, bbPress, BRAD, Cloud Blocks, Comment Popularity, Core Sitemaps, Digest Notifications, Feature Policy, Google Analytics Dashboard Plugin for WordPress by MonsterInsights, Site Kit by Google, Restaurant Menu by MotoPress, Timetable and Event Schedule by MotoPress, PHP Compatibility Checker, Preferred Languages, PWA, Reporting API, Safe Redirect Manager, TP2WP Importer, Two-Factor, User Feedback, WooSidebars, WordPress Importer, WP Super Cache, Widget Disable, Categories to Tags Converter, WordPress 4.4.x, WordPress 4.5.x, WordPress 4.6.x, WordPress 4.7.x, WordPress 4.8.x, WordPress 4.9.x, WordPress 5.0.x, WordPress 5.1.x, WordPress 5.2.x, WordPress 5.3.x, and WordPress 5.4.x - Development

Rumantsch (Romansh) Translation Contributor - #roh

Browse Happy, Forums, o2, P2 "Breathe", WordPress Plugin Directory, Rosetta, WordPress Theme Directory, WordCamp.org, WordPress.org, Jetpack by WordPress.com, Polylang, Preferred Languages, Twenty Nineteen, Twenty Seventeen, WordPress 4.7.x, WordPress 4.8.x, WordPress 4.9.x, WordPress 5.0.x, WordPress 5.1.x, WordPress 5.2.x, WordPress 5.3.x, and WordPress 5.4.x - Development

Deutsch (Schweiz, Du) (German (Switzerland, Informal)) Translation Contributor - #de_CH_informal

aleno Restaurant Reservations, AMP, Core Sitemaps, Digest Notifications, Disable Privacy Tools, Preferred Languages, Syntax-highlighting Code Block (with Server-side Rendering), Yoast SEO, WP GDPR Cookie Notice, Widget Disable, Mesmerize, WordPress 5.0.x, WordPress 5.1.x, WordPress 5.2.x, WordPress 5.3.x, and WordPress 5.4.x - Development

Deutsch (Sie) (German (Formal)) Translation Contributor - #de_DE_formal

Akismet Anti-Spam, AMP, AntiVirus, Core Sitemaps, Digest Notifications, Preferred Languages, Statify, User Feedback, and Widget Disable

🌏🌍🌎 (Emoji) (Emoji) Translation Contributor - #art_xemoji

Admin Menu Manager and Preferred Languages

Deutsch (Österreich) (German (Austria)) Translation Contributor - #de_AT

AMP and Core Sitemaps

Español (Spanish (Spain)) Translation Contributor - #es_ES

AntiVirus and Preferred Languages

Italiano (Italian) Translation Contributor - #it_IT

Preferred Languages and Team List

English (Australia) Translation Contributor - #en_AU

Preferred Languages

English (Canada) Translation Contributor - #en_CA

English (UK) Translation Contributor - #en_GB

English (New Zealand) Translation Contributor - #en_NZ

Preferred Languages

English (South Africa) Translation Contributor - #en_ZA

Preferred Languages

Français (French (France)) Translation Contributor - #fr_FR

Nederlands (Dutch) Translation Contributor - #nl_NL