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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 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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Translations

Wrote a new post, XML Sitemaps Meeting: April 14th, 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Meeting Recap: April 7th For reference, check out the previous blog post from April 7th:…

1 day ago
Wrote a comment on the post Hi, I am Marco,, on the site Translate WordPress:
Hi there I don't see any de_CH translations (nor de_DE) for this plugin from you…

7 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: When langpack is created, always send the new updates on the the project translation (even if below 95%), on the site Translate WordPress:
+1 from me; though I'd also argue that we should give a lower threshold a…

1 week ago
Wrote a comment on the post CLPTE Request, on the site Translate WordPress:
Thanks @tobifjellner! I'll have another look at that plugin.

1 week ago
Wrote a new post, XML Sitemaps Meeting: April 6th, 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Meeting Recap: March 24th & 31st For reference, check out the previous blog post from…

1 week ago
Closed ticket #49796, in Core Trac:
wpmu_new_blog is deprecated since version 5.1.0 warning

2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Hello Polyglots, I am the…, on the site Translate WordPress:
Thanks, I added you now as PTE. Please note that not all of your translations…

2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Delete project’s language pack when below specific percentage, on the site Translate WordPress:
Which user experience would be worse: Having an incomplete language pack (and thus only partial…

2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Delete project’s language pack when below specific percentage, on the site Translate WordPress:
As many others here I don't see a reason for deleting language packs when they're…

2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Hello Polyglots, I am the…, on the site Translate WordPress:
Hi there @werbeagenturcommotion, I'd like to follow my Austrian colleagues here. Please first submit de_CH…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to PHP Warning: Use of undefined constant LIBXML_HTML_NODEFDTD – assumed ‘LIBXML_H, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This reminds me of the INTL_IDNA_VARIANT_2003 reports we sometimes see due to outdated libraries. In…

2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for [CleverReach® WP], on the site Translate WordPress:
Added you now. Please join the wpch.slack.com workspace using your WordPress.org email address (@chat.wordpress.org) if…

3 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, XML Sitemaps Meeting: March 24th, 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
In case you were looking for an blog post about the XML Sitemaps feature project…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Different URL Path than amphtml, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there Could you please share the URL to your website so we can better…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Still maintained?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the ping @pipdig I'll try to update the readme in a bit!

4 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post XML Sitemaps Meeting: March 10th, 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Please note that we are already tracking this (disabling sitemaps when this option is set)…

1 month ago
Wrote a new post, XML Sitemaps Meeting: March 10th, 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
A lot has happened since last week's meeting for the XML Sitemaps feature project. Here's…

1 month ago
Committed [2258014] to Plugins Trac:
Tagging version 0.2.0

1 month ago
Posted a reply to google amp, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks a lot, that makes it much easier to test! I can now see that…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to google amp, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@eddievet According to that link to the forums they claim to have a separate addon…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to google amp, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@eddievet You are using a few plugins that are not AMP compatible, for example one…

1 month ago
Closed ticket #49607, in Core Trac:
Broken Link in Developer Docs

1 month ago
Wrote a new post, XML Sitemaps Meeting: March 3rd, 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Another week passed by with quite a productive meeting for the XML Sitemaps feature project.…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Feature Plugin: WP Auto-updates, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Awesome to hear that there is some progress in this regard! The few things that…

1 month ago
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 months 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…

2 months ago
Closed ticket #49508, in Core Trac:
Edit Pull Request description

2 months 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…

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

2 months 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 months 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 months 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 months 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…

2 months 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…

2 months 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…

2 months 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…

2 months 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…

2 months ago
Committed [2236154] to Plugins Trac:
Tagging version 0.1.0

3 months ago
Committed [2236153] to Plugins Trac:
Initial commit

3 months 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…

3 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.…

3 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…

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

4 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…

4 months ago

Developer

AMP

Active Installs: 400,000+
Core Sitemaps

Active Installs: 90+
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: 7,000+

Support Rep

PWA

Active Installs: 30,000+
Site Kit by Google

Active Installs: 300,000+

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: 400,000+
Yoast Breadcrumbs

Active Installs: 10,000+
Clicky by Yoast

Active Installs: 20,000+
Core Sitemaps

Active Installs: 90+
Digest Notifications

Active Installs: 60+
Enhanced WP Contact Form

Active Installs: 1,000+
Feature Policy

Active Installs: 200+
Google Cloud Storage plugin

Active Installs: 1,000+
Glue for Yoast SEO & AMP

Active Installs: 100,000+
Site Kit by Google

Active Installs: 300,000+
Native Lazyload

Active Installs: 9,000+
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: 20+
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: 7,000+
Yoast Comment Hacks

Active Installs: 2,000+

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

AMP

Active Installs: 400,000+
Core Sitemaps

Active Installs: 90+
Feature Policy

Active Installs: 200+
Native Lazyload

Active Installs: 9,000+
Preferred Languages

Active Installs: 1,000+
PWA

Active Installs: 30,000+
Reporting API

Active Installs: 20+
Sitekit

Active Installs: 500+

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