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. 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 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

Activity
Plugins
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Wrote a comment on the post Block Collections, on the site Make WordPress Core:
It's not something a user can do. Developers would assign their block to a collection…

2 days ago
Posted a reply to Updated Plugin Error Message idn_to_utf8():INTL_IDNA_VARIANT_2003 is depcrecated, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Also, to clarify: the "A plugin or theme has disabled AMP support" message has nothing…

3 days ago
Closed ticket #49508, in Core Trac:
Edit Pull Request description

5 days ago
Wrote a new post, XML Sitemaps Meeting: February 25th, 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Last week we held the first of many weekly meetings for the XML Sitemaps feature…

5 days ago
Posted a reply to Import AMP Stories, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @loano1 Unfortunately there is no such option to import stories from elsewhere at the…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to unistalling AMP plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there Would you mind sharing your website URL so we can better assist you?…

2 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, XML Sitemaps Kickoff Meeting Announcement, on the site Make WordPress Core:
A few weeks ago an update was posted for the XML Sitemaps feature project to…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to AMP Stories Preview Does not Show, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@mishig They should not be clashing. In fact, we are working on a new and…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to INTL_IDNA_VARIANT_2003, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Awesome, that's great to hear! If you're happy with the plugin otherwise we'd love for…

2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Webling, on the site Translate WordPress:
Nothing else to add to this :-) Doesn't make sense to grant PTE for de_*…

2 weeks ago
Closed ticket #49430, in Core Trac:
XSS scripting in Post title

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to INTL_IDNA_VARIANT_2003, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You could put that at the bototm, before the line that says /* That's all,…

2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Webling, on the site Translate WordPress:
Hi there, Happy to add you for de_CH, but please note that your original strings…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Loses its settings when moving language items, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, Would you mind opening an issue over at https://github.com/swissspidy/preferred-languages with some details about…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Please Disable Self-Domain Embeds, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm afraid I didn't get a notification for your previous message. It is unclear to…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to INTL_IDNA_VARIANT_2003, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there This sounds like you are using a version of PHPwhich was compiled with…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Content don’t show up at mobile version, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there You seem to be using the WPTouch WordPress plugin which by default seems…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Maximum call stack size exceeded, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there Thanks for your report! This sounds like a rare edge case that might…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Close Story, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The stories template is hardcoded and enforced by the AMP stories runtime and cannot be…

3 weeks ago
Committed [2236154] to Plugins Trac:
Tagging version 0.1.0

4 weeks ago
Committed [2236153] to Plugins Trac:
Initial commit

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to New version of Gutenberg breaks Stories layout, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for your report! It's sometimes difficult to keep up with development of the Gutenberg…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to AMP Error: “Only amp-boilerplate and amp-custom”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there https://www.bestproxyproviders.com/blog/buy-residential-proxies/ is your regular version, that's why the AMP validator complains about it.…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to AMP Stories: image Full bleed option, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Edward Yes, you can set a background image or video for each page using…

2 months ago
Committed [2215135] to Plugins Trac:
Update 'Tested up to' value

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Extending the Story Block doesn’t work as expected, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @thrijith This kind of technical question is probably best suited for our GitHub repository…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Images dissapeared, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there You seem to be using the "Lazy Load by WP Rocket WordPress" plugin.…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to I have disabled TOC plugin from the Plugin manager but it still shows up, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Ah indeed, @jamesosborne is right. Please head to https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/accelerated-mobile-pages/ to get support for that AMP…

4 months ago
Posted a reply to I have disabled TOC plugin from the Plugin manager but it still shows up, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@siter2 You appear to be using the WP Fastest Cache plugin, have you tried clearing…

4 months ago
Posted a reply to Bad request Missing Parameter:”name”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Glad to hear everything works now! @garyoak Perhaps you'd need to re-authenticate again, but otherwise…

4 months ago
Posted a reply to site kit, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, If you can't see the "Add New" menu item under "Plugins" it could…

4 months ago
Posted a reply to amp-wp.org – showcase/theme, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Patryk, Thanks for following up! Sorry for not seeing any updates yet. Your submission…

4 months ago
Posted a reply to Amp auto ads, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Instead of having to maintain our own ad plugin, we recommend using dedicated plugins like…

4 months ago
Posted a reply to Disable AMP-to-AMP linking, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there You can use the amp_to_amp_linking_enabled filter in your theme or a plugin to…

4 months ago
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?

4 months 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…

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

4 months 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 months 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…

4 months 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.…

4 months 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…

4 months 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…

4 months 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…

4 months 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…

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

5 months 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…

5 months 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…

5 months 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…

5 months 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…

5 months 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…

5 months ago