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Member Since: February 25th, 2008
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
Website: pascalbirchler.com
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 Relations Engineer at Google.

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

Posted a reply to Webstories embedding on my Archive page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, To hide the embedded story when using that theme, you can use .post-type-archive-web-story…

20 hours ago
Closed ticket #52289, in Core Trac:
WP ERP is a SPAM, product and data stealing plugin

20 hours ago
Posted a reply to Changing Flag, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That‘s a bad idea, since the change will be overridden with every plugin update.

24 hours ago
Posted a reply to Google Analytics Tracking ID Option is Grayed out, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Glad to know it is working like this. I'll make sure we update the plugin…

2 days ago
Posted a reply to Google Analytics Tracking ID Option is Grayed out, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, Are you perhaps using Site Kit by Google? There should be a message…

2 days ago
Posted a reply to Story not displaying properly, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, Did you change anything in the meantime? The story you provided validates just…

2 days ago
Posted a reply to Take Some Notes From CANVA, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Most aspects of our project are open source and publicly available for our users, including…

3 days ago
Posted a reply to Web Story Showing as 404 in Search Console, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there Please share the URL to your story so we are able to assist…

5 days ago
Posted a reply to Hide Web Stories in Search Results, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@sbarker13 We hear you! We're actively working on improving appearance of stories throughout your site,…

6 days ago
Posted a reply to site now loads 20% slower?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, The Web Stories plugin is pretty lightweight in terms of affecting server performance,…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Web Stories Not Appearing in Analytics, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, When I visit your story I see that analytics is configured properly and…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Published Web Stories do not go live but are a 404, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I see you're stories are working fine now. I am therefore closing this as resolved.

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Web Stories Editor Crashes, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, Sorry to hear you're having troubles with the editor. If you click on…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Published Web Stories do not go live but are a 404, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there It looks like you're using both this plugin, as well as the MakeStories…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Validation Issues – JavaScript errors, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If it's not added by your hosting provider, it could be added by one of…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Only Super Admin Can Preview or Publish Web Stories, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, Thanks for your report. It sounds like a potential issue with how we're…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Checklist Bugs, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, Which issues are you running into specifically? We are currently working on improving…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Web Stories not indexed, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, From what I can see both stories you shared here are valid Web…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Search Console error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, Thanks for your report. We've recently fixed this, but the stale data can…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Validation Issues – JavaScript errors, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, Both JavaScript snippets are for New Relic's browser monitoring feature. To fix this,…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Web Story not playing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, You've embedded the story in your blog post using the "WordPress" embed block…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to am-story-auto-ads, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That's great to hear! As mentioned, we are working on direct integrations for Google Ad…

4 weeks ago
Committed [2441867] to Plugins Trac:
Version 1.2.1

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Story cover image wrong aspect ratio, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for clarifying! We've seen some other reports for false positives in these particular checks,…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Created Story Results in 404, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Oof, hope you didn't spend too much time trying to find that root cause! Glad…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Story cover image wrong aspect ratio, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there To be precise, a 3:4 aspect ratio for this height would mean dimensions…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Display of embedded webs stories broken, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @keithasmith Sorry to hear that you're still having issues. We've been working on some…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Story Replaces Main page in Google search results!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Damien If you could share the URL to your story and page we could…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Unable to duplicate web stories, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, Are you perhaps using Cloudflare or another provider with a web application firewall?…

1 month ago
Closed ticket #51935, in Core Trac:
New Notifications Menu in the WordPress Dashboard

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Cannot scroll down on mobile, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I don't think there's a way to make it smoother right now, but there is…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to a member function setAttribute() on null, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@complex-economy That is actually OK! The official AMP plugin will automatically detect Web Stories &…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Not allowed amp subclass?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sorry for the late reply, but yes, I recommend contacting the author. At the same…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Cannot scroll down on mobile, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, This is a known issue that has been recently fixed in the AMP…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Hiding or disabling example..com/web-stories, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I don't think we have a feature request for this just yet, but sounds like…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Custom Fonts and Audio, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Glad to hear you were able to find a workaround! If you delete pictures that…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress and PHP 8.0, on the site Make WordPress Core:
`npm run test:php-composer` is neat, but only works for core. Is there any guide /…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Custom Fonts and Audio, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Uploading custom fonts is not yet possible, but we're looking into it in this GitHub…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Multy-language support request, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the ping. I'm sure we can make it happen!

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Custom Header, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there Since Web Stories are powered by AMP, any such configuration would need to…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to AMP is not working for Google Web stories, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This looks like a similar report we've received recently and we'll address for our next…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Blossom Theme, on the site Translate WordPress:
Vietnamese is vi I think, not de_CH, so which one is it?

2 months ago
Posted a reply to How to add meta box on edit story screen?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@atiq83 I already replied on https://wordpress.org/support/topic/i-want-unminified-version-of-edit-story-js/. Just to give you a heads up: we are…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Including Web Stories on the homepage, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, Great to hear you're liking Web Stories so far. This is a great…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to I want unminified version of edit-story.js, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there On GitHub all the unminified (source) files of that script are in the…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Not allowed amp subclass?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, I see there's an issue with the page attachment link on your story.…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Add the code of the “Hn” tags, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
At the moment it is not possible to add H1 and H2 tags (or any…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Verschieden Verbesserungen, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey Matthias, vielen Dank für deine Nachricht. Bitte beachte, dass hier im WordPress.org Support Forum…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Customization for gallery page?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Jenna, Great question! Right now, that layout is entirely defined by your theme, Foodie…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to How do I insert ads through Ad Inserter Pro?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, I recommend reaching out to the Ad Inserter Pro developers to ask them…

2 months ago

Developer

AMP

Active Installs: 500,000+
Disable Embeds

Active Installs: 20,000+
Preferred Languages

Active Installs: 2,000+
Voice Search

Active Installs: 200+

Contributor

Admin Footer Version (rebranded)

Active Installs: Less than 10
Admin Menu Manager

Active Installs: 1,000+
Antispam Bee

Active Installs: 600,000+
Digest Notifications

Active Installs: 40+
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: 10,000+

Support Rep

PWA

Active Installs: 40,000+
Site Kit by Google

Active Installs: 900,000+

Plugins

Themes

General Translation Editor

Deutsch (German) Plugins Translation Editor - #de_DE

Admin Menu Manager

Active Installs: 1,000+
aleno Restaurant Reservations

Active Installs: 30+
AMP

Active Installs: 500,000+
Yoast Breadcrumbs

Active Installs: 10,000+
Clicky by Yoast

Active Installs: 20,000+
Digest Notifications

Active Installs: 40+
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: 70,000+
Site Kit by Google

Active Installs: 900,000+
Native Lazyload

Active Installs: 10,000+
Preferred Languages

Active Installs: 2,000+
Print, PDF, Email by PrintFriendly

Active Installs: 40,000+
PWA

Active Installs: 40,000+
Quicklink for WordPress

Active Installs: 1,000+
Reporting API

Active Installs: 50+
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: 10,000+
Yoast Comment Hacks

Active Installs: 2,000+

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

AMP

Active Installs: 500,000+
Feature Policy

Active Installs: 200+
Native Lazyload

Active Installs: 10,000+
Preferred Languages

Active Installs: 2,000+
PWA

Active Installs: 40,000+
Reporting API

Active Installs: 50+
Sitekit

Active Installs: 1,000+

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

WordPress Theme Directory, PI Button, AccessPress Social Login Lite – Social Login WordPress Plugin, Affiliates Manager, Akismet Spam Protection, 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 – Remove Comments & Protect From Spam, Disable Privacy Tools, Download Attachments, Easy Property Listings, Easy Retweet, Easy SwipeBox, FPW Category Thumbnails, Frontier Query, Business Directory Plugin | GeoDirectory, MainWP Dashboard – The WordPress Manager for Professional Website Maintenance, MB Custom Post Types & Custom Taxonomies, Media from FTP, Multilanguage by BestWebSoft, NinjaFirewall (WP Edition) – Advanced Security Plugin and Firewall, 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, Vandana Lite, 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 5.6.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, Nelio AB Testing, 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 5.6.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 – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth, 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 5.6.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 5.6.x - Development

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

Akismet Spam Protection, 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