Pascal Birchler
@swissspidy on WordPress.org and Slack
- Member Since: February 25th, 2008
- Location: Zurich, Switzerland
- Website: pascalbirchler.com
- GitHub: swissspidy
- Job Title: Developer Programs Engineer
- Employer: Google
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Pascal Birchler’s badges:- Core Contributor
- Core Team
- Documentation Contributor
- Meetup Organizer
- Meta Contributor
- Plugin Developer
- Translation Contributor
- Translation Editor
- WordCamp Organizer
- WordCamp Speaker
- WP-CLI Contributor
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Posted a reply to home page not showing stories, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, Thanks for raising this! Did you embed the stories on your homepage using…34 mins ago
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Posted a reply to How do I get more stories to show on page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Awesome, glad to hear that! I am therefore marking this topic as resolved. If you…38 mins ago
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Posted a reply to How do I get more stories to show on page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, The /web-stories page is not listed next to your regular pages because it's…2 hours ago
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Committed [2556553] to Plugins Trac:
Releasing version 1.8.13 hours ago
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Committed [2556552] to Plugins Trac:
Committing version 1.8.13 hours ago
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Posted a reply to Stories Missing Titles and Settings, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, Are you perhaps using the "Whoosh In" animation on those titles that are…22 hours ago
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Posted a reply to Stories only work if I move the page before (Mobile), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the additional information! This will be very useful in our work to fix…1 day ago
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Posted a reply to Plugin together with custom sage theme, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
> is there a need for the site to be a full AMP site in…1 day ago
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Posted a reply to Stories only work if I move the page before (Mobile), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, Are you displaying the stories in your block in a carousel, or just…1 day ago
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Posted a reply to Can’t Search through Media Library, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
> I’m not sure why the post search would be affecting your image search since…1 day ago
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Posted a reply to Can’t Search through Media Library, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
When performing a media search in the editor, what the browser essentially does is calling…2 days ago
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Posted a reply to Breadcrumbs Either ‘name’ or ‘item.name’ should be specified, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@bgorden Same as above, please open a new topic on the Yoast SEO support forums…3 days ago
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Posted a reply to Google Tag Manager Integration, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, Looks like you're using gtm4wp.com for adding Tag Manager to your site. I…5 days ago
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Posted a reply to Second GA code, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
FWIW, using add_action('web_stories_print_analytics', function() { ... }) would be correct. Just make sure your <amp-analytics>…6 days ago
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Posted a reply to Web Stories, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
As mentioned in the other thread, Yoast SEO is again facing several issues with breadcrumbs…6 days ago
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Posted a reply to Webstories breadcrumbs issue reopened, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @melissassk, It looks like Yoast SEO is again facing several issues with breadcrumbs, see…6 days ago
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Posted a reply to Google webstories breadcrumb issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Heya, It looks like Yoast SEO is again facing several issues with breadcrumbs, see https://github.com/Yoast/wordpress-seo/issues/17175…6 days ago
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Posted a reply to Elements Missing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
So far I have only reproduced the issue with the "Whoosh in" animation, not sure…1 week ago
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Posted a reply to Elements Missing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, Thanks for your report! I see that you are using certain animations on…1 week ago
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Posted a reply to Images no longer showing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Which plugin are you using to store your images externally like this?1 week ago
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Committed [2549175] to Plugins Trac:
Releasing version 1.8.02 weeks ago
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Committed [2549173] to Plugins Trac:
Committing version 1.8.02 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Page Loading Issues: VTT files and Analytics Issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, Adding captions to videos is a best practice to help readers better understand…3 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Custom HTML, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That's good to know, thanks. Adding custom ads without using the dedicated integration points will…3 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Fuzzy images, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks a lot for your report! Technically, everything looks good with the image. From what…3 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Pulling Favicon instead of Logo, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for your feedback & for checking again. I was just informed now that there's…3 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Custom HTML, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, Thanks for your question. Adding custom HTML is currently not supported through the…3 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Animated text not appearing on stories in Desktop view after update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Glad to hear that! This incompatibility with the "Reduce Motion" functionality will be fixed in…3 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Layers, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Note that you can increase the height of the layers panel by dragging up and…3 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Pulling Favicon instead of Logo, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Is this happening on iOS or Android?3 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to What do these errors mean?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for reaching out! This cryptic error is a known issue in the editor where…3 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Corner Radius Not Working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Work is currently underway on this (follow this ticket for updates) and it should be…3 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Sharp decline in Web Traffic despite installing the mini plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for reaching out about this. How long it takes for Google to crawl and…3 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to How to specify “item name”?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I just ran your latest stories through the test tool at https://search.google.com/test/amp and they all…3 weeks ago
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Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for [Site Kit by Google] plugins zh_CN, on the site Translate WordPress:
We regularly provide translations and review community suggestions for our plugins. There are some localization…4 weeks ago
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Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for [Site Kit by Google] plugins zh_CN, on the site Translate WordPress:
For which plugin did they suggest translations for? That might help clarify.4 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to After updating stories, alert pops up – “Failed to save the story”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If the saving actually works but you still get the pop-up, this definitely sounds like…4 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Black background in google news when clicked, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
So far I have been unable to reproduce the issue with the black background when…4 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Background Sound Option, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks a lot for your feedback, it's highly appreciated! Adding background audio like this is…4 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Not a valid Web Story, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I totally understand that! This is why we have added this automation in the first…4 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Not a valid Web Story, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@thehangrychickpea I was referring to video posters, not the story poster image. The story poster…4 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to How to specify “item name”?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @jess2716 The only error remaining with your stories is the one caused by Gravity…4 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Web story ”Video failed to play”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes, at the moment this only happens when you drag & drop directly into the…4 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Web story ”Video failed to play”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I can reproduce the issue also with the newest Safari version on a Mac, so…4 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Web story ”Video failed to play”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, Thanks for reaching out! There seems to be an issue with the exact…4 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to exit button, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks a lot for elaborating, now I understand it better! Unfortunately what you are looking…4 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Known Issue: ‘script amp-onerror’, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi everyone, quick update! The issue has been resolved on the validator side, but it…4 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Not a valid Web Story, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@thehangrychickpea Looking at your most recent stories, there seem to be lots of videos with…4 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Duplication Issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@indiatrotter That "Duplicate This" link in your screenshot is added by a plugin of yours.…4 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Known Issue: ‘script amp-onerror’, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks everyone chiming so far, really appreciate the feedback! Unfortunately this specific issue wasn't caught…1 month ago
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