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 Critical Error caused by WebStories Plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Great to hear that the errors went away for you! Regarding the performance, this update…7 hours ago
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Posted a reply to Stories open to black, empty screen., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for your report! I am seeing the same behavior. In my case, when I…7 hours ago
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Posted a reply to Audio Files And Subtitles, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Heya, great news! Background audio support is slated for our upcoming release, due out in…7 hours ago
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Posted a reply to Poor image quality in web stories, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
> When will the new update be released? In about 2 weeks from now if…1 day ago
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Posted a reply to Poor image quality in web stories, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for your report! What you're describing is a known issue when using images as…1 day ago
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Posted a reply to Aw Snap when optimizing Videos, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That's great to hear, thank you! I am marking this topic as resolved, so if…1 day ago
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Committed [2588791] to Plugins Trac:
Releasing version 1.10.12 days ago
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Committed [2588790] to Plugins Trac:
Committing version 1.10.12 days ago
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Posted a reply to Video caching at Google, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It‘s already supported! Just enable it in the settings :-) Of course youl‘ll need to…2 days ago
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Posted a reply to Create stories using block editor, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
While there are shortcodes and a block for embedding stories, there is no such thing…3 days ago
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Posted a reply to GIFs not loading, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Awesome! Glad to hear that. I am marking this topic as resolved, so if you…3 days ago
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Posted a reply to Swipe Up Links Don’t Show on Instagram Browser, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for your report! I was seeing the same behavior and I also noticed that…3 days ago
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Posted a reply to Aw Snap when optimizing Videos, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Aw snap! Thanks for reporting this! I was able to reproduce this issue and just…3 days ago
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Posted a reply to GIFs not loading, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, There was an issue with GIFs in a previous version of the editor.…4 days ago
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Posted a reply to Web Stories Page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@guru159 We're actively working on the aforementioned GitHub ticket, but nothing ready just yet. If…4 days ago
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Posted a reply to Critical Error caused by WebStories Plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, Thanks for your report! Please note that we're not monitoring these forums over…4 days ago
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Closed ticket #53969, in Core Trac:
Missing function in codex Documentation1 week ago
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Closed ticket #53966, in Core Trac:
CSFR attack possible via plugin1 week ago
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Posted a reply to WordPress critical error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
In the meantime, we'll improve the plugin to prevent this kind of error in the…1 week ago
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Posted a reply to FATAL PHP Error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Does the issue still occur when you disable the WCFM Multi Vendor Store plugin? We'll…1 week ago
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Posted a reply to Search widget should be placed in Navigation menu, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Have you tried installing the plugin to see if it just works? No configuration should…1 week ago
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Posted a reply to Ads Not Appearing Between Web Stories, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Neither. These rules are defined by the Web Stories format itself.2 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Add Pinterest to the share providers, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
There's no UI or anything to configure share providers, but if you're a developer, you…2 weeks ago
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Committed [2581306] to Plugins Trac:
Releasing version 1.10.02 weeks ago
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Committed [2581287] to Plugins Trac:
Committing version 1.10.02 weeks ago
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Closed ticket #53909, in Core Trac:
User Level deprecated but still used?2 weeks ago
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Closed ticket #53908, in Core Trac:
REST API changes2 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Ads Not Appearing Between Web Stories, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
> Do ads only appear on web stories that are more than 1 page? The…2 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Stories not showing in /web-stories, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Does the /web-stories/ page show your stories when you temporarily use another theme?3 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Permalinks, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
> Can you confirm this happens when you create a brand new story with a…3 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Stories not showing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Now the lightbox opens as expected when clicking on the stories in the carousel 👍3 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Stories not showing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes this issue still exists because everything is minified and Web Stories JavaScript is not…3 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Stories not showing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Did you change something again in the last couple of minutes? For a brief moment…3 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Canonical Tag, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
There's no reason to do that in Yoast SEO unless you know what you are…3 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Stories not showing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
What plugin or solution are you using for this sort of optimization? The Web Stories…3 weeks ago
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Closed ticket #53871, in Core Trac:
Database errors on installation3 weeks ago
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Wrote a comment on the post [Request for feedback] Updater Proof of Concept, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I think to avoid confusion like this we should rename those "rollback" folders to something…3 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Add audio to whole story, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, This is not yet possible, but we're working on adding support for this.…4 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Poster Image and Logo not showing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The Web Stories plugin does not add any watermarking to your images. If you require…4 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Web stories resources not loading with custom theme, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for clarification. I do now see that you've added a Web Stories list block…4 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Web stories resources not loading with custom theme, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It's not allowed to add custom CSS or JavaScript to a single story on the…4 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Poster Image and Logo not showing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there The poster image and publisher logo don't show up within the story itself.…4 weeks ago
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Committed [2575199] to Plugins Trac:
Version 1.8.04 weeks ago
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Committed [2575193] to Plugins Trac:
Version 1.4.04 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Permalinks, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I see it, yes. Again, WordPress does this when the permalink slug is already in…4 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Permalinks, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Check whether you have some draft stories or trashed stories with the same permalink. You…4 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to How to add web stories within Template file, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If you'd like to display stories somewhere in your theme templates file using the same…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to Share Settings and Size Queries, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
> If the page has other content, then the user needs to scroll accurately to…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to Page Empty, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Which kind of animation did you set on the elements on the first page? Does…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to Share Settings and Size Queries, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It is possible to add more share providers through some code, but that only works…1 month ago
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