Pascal Birchler – @swissspidy

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.

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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.

Contribution History

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

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Posted a reply to Site Kit GTM scripts only active when logged in to WP admin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@fxfxfx Now that version 1.0.0 of the plugin is available, does this still happen?

33 mins ago
Posted a reply to PHP Fatal error: Uncaught DOMException: Not Found Error in, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @rayrutjes Could you share the URL of the page where this was happening so…

3 days ago
Closed ticket #48446, in Core Trac:
Fix typo in compatibility message in update core

4 days ago
Posted a reply to WP Plugin : “My Simple Space”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, This is the support forum for the AMP WordPress plugin. For questions regarding…

4 days ago
Posted a reply to CSS stripped down – no errors, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Excellent! Please let us know how 1.4.0 Beta works for you. We'll be releasing a…

7 days ago
Posted a reply to CSS stripped down – no errors, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @cosmins We realized that this debug comment in the head could become quite large.…

7 days ago
Posted a reply to Tag found outside the document head which is only allowed as a direct child, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@alfredallen Looks like this is caused by the Giphy embeds. I believe this particular issue…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Ifram Error in google console, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @paltrainer Please provide the URL to a page on your website where this is…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Wow! This is a great plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks a lot for your kind review! Glad to hear you like it :-) We're…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Awesome, Saved my day!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks a lot for your review! We're working on bringing this core directly at some…

2 weeks ago
Closed ticket #48307, in Core Trac:
Preview not working for my site

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Uninstalled plugin but mobile site still hasn’t changed, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there and thanks for your report! What you are seeing is not the AMP…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Referenced AMP URL is not an AMP, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, https://www.kaocollins.com/inktank/inkjet-creativity-driving-digital-wallpaper-growth/?amp is supposed to be an AMP page, but some plugin seems to…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Support for Gutenberg, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Turns out this was a bug in Gutenberg indeed, which is now fixed (https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/17900). It…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Coming Back for Another Go, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes. The Reader mode has been around for many years now and is successfully used…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Using Stories, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yeah unfortunately there are some small issues with RTL languages, which we hope to fix…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Using Stories, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, Great to hear you're interested in using AMP Stories. The AMP Stories editor…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Lots of Empty URL’s and Hrefs’, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Lux, Thanks for your report. That behavior sounds odd indeed. Would you be able…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Tag found outside the document head which is only allowed as a direct child of t, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@ariel-b Please open a separate ticket for your case and provide additional information to allow…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to AMP 1.3.0 Validation Errors, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@the-dude-1 It is totally safe to install AMP 1.3. The issue discussed here is a…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Single empty div element on start page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Awesome, thanks for confirming Alex! That's great to hear :-) If you don't mind to…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Single empty div element on start page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there It looks like the <div class="sideslides"> element within that container has the CSS…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to invalid_element:, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there AMP does not allow custom JavaScript on the page. However, some of your…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to How to add Google Tag Manager With Site Kit by google on the AMP Wprdpress, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The Google Tag Manager documentation has a step-by-step explanation for the AMP setup: https://support.google.com/tagmanager/answer/9205783?hl=en

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Please Disable Self-Domain Embeds, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
No worries, thanks for double checking!

1 month ago
Posted a reply to How to add Google Tag Manager With Site Kit by google on the AMP Wprdpress, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, Excellent question! While Site Kit already has a Tag Manager module, there are…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Support for Gutenberg, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hmm. It seems to work just fine when using WordPress core only, but not when…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to [PayPal Gateway plugin / WooCommerce] Found a nice use case for this plugin?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for raising this @strarsis. I do not want to have any plugin-specific functionality in…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Please Disable Self-Domain Embeds, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there I cannot reproduce this. The plugin actually disables self-embeds. You might have run…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to WPML Compatibility, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Since WPML is a commercial plugin, I do not have the capability to test it.…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Installation Help, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@vickytfc If you use Reader mode, the AMP version of a page/post will have /amp/…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Getting Notice and Warning when I check with WP Debug True, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@zeeshanmudassir No-one suggested disabling all plugins. Please open a separate support topic for your case…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to ?amp not working for pages, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@svetlanaw123 @seanlance Please share the URL to your website where this is happening so we…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Language mismatch in date displayed, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I see that the Italian translation is now at 13%. WordPress only downloads the new…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Dark theme support, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for your suggestion @lorenzone92! I assume you are using the plugin's Reader mode feature?…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to all js code is removed, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@craigstanfield Hmm that's odd. The site has been running just fine here, and https://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/ also…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Support for Gutenberg, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there Support for this was added in version 1.6.0 of the plugin. If it…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Enfold Theme Bug, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Did you change anything on your site? Because it looks like you are using WP…

1 month ago
Closed ticket #48055, in Core Trac:
Found blank page at https://learnwp.jco.dev/lesson-plan/

1 month ago
Closed ticket #48056, in Core Trac:
Native lazy-loading

1 month ago
Posted a reply to sanitization, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there This is just a copy of a message within the plugin. If it…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Does this plugin work with my theme?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there Please have a look at https://amp-wp.org/ecosystem/themes/ for a list of themes that are…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Error in G Console, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Simon Are you using some plugin to enable Facebook comments on your site? I…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to File Name:class-amp-story-post-type.php contains malware dropper, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@sthirunavu This is a false positive alert in your scanner, likely because of an fopen…

2 months ago
Closed ticket #48016, in Core Trac:
Dll Hijacking in WordPress desktop app

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Plugins conflict causing errors, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there This message means that there are some plugins active on your site that…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to all js code is removed, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there AMP does not allow custom JavaScript outside of amp-script on a page and…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to How to delete plugin including data left behind, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
While we don't automatically remove data upon plugin uninstall yet (please follow https://github.com/ampproject/amp-wp/issues/3210 for progress…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to AMP Plugin Settings, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi James Please share the URL to your site so we can better assist you…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to AMP Stories Preview Does not Show, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Cheryl Yes, the previews should work as expected on desktop. It's possible that there…

2 months ago