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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 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

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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…

2 days ago
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…

2 days ago
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…

2 days ago
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…

3 days ago
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…

3 days ago
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…

3 days ago
Committed [2588791] to Plugins Trac:
Releasing version 1.10.1

4 days ago
Committed [2588790] to Plugins Trac:
Committing version 1.10.1

4 days ago
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…

4 days ago
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…

5 days ago
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…

5 days ago
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…

5 days ago
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…

5 days ago
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.…

6 days ago
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…

6 days ago
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…

6 days ago
Closed ticket #53969, in Core Trac:
Missing function in codex Documentation

1 week ago
Closed ticket #53966, in Core Trac:
CSFR attack possible via plugin

1 week ago
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…

2 weeks ago
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…

2 weeks ago
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…

2 weeks ago
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
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
Committed [2581306] to Plugins Trac:
Releasing version 1.10.0

3 weeks ago
Committed [2581287] to Plugins Trac:
Committing version 1.10.0

3 weeks ago
Closed ticket #53909, in Core Trac:
User Level deprecated but still used?

3 weeks ago
Closed ticket #53908, in Core Trac:
REST API changes

3 weeks ago
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…

3 weeks ago
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
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
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 👍

4 weeks ago
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…

4 weeks ago
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…

4 weeks ago
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…

4 weeks ago
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…

4 weeks ago
Closed ticket #53871, in Core Trac:
Database errors on installation

4 weeks ago
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…

4 weeks ago
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
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
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…

1 month ago
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…

1 month ago
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.…

1 month ago
Committed [2575199] to Plugins Trac:
Version 1.8.0

1 month ago
Committed [2575193] to Plugins Trac:
Version 1.4.0

1 month ago
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…

1 month ago
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…

1 month ago
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
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
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
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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