Pascal Birchler (@swissspidy) – WordPress user profile | WordPress.org

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Member Since: February 25th, 2008
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
Website: pascalbirchler.com
GitHub: swissspidy
Job Title: Developer Relations 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, I18n

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 Feature Request – disable post dialogue box, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
We'd rather want to fix any broken links instead of not displaying the dialog at…
2 weeks ago
Closed ticket #55396 on Core Trac:
Automatically add table prefix on WordPress setup
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Media Library Load Extremely slow, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hmm, that's odd. It should have definitely made a difference. And if anything, the load…
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Media Library Load Extremely slow, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Do you perhaps happen to have a lot of items in your media library? To…
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Feature Request – disable post dialogue box, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If you could ask your developers, that would be great. I am asking because the…
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Feature Request – disable post dialogue box, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Could you elaborate on what custom capabilities you've added to the subscriber role and what…
2 weeks ago
Closed issue #191 on the wp-cli/i18n-command repository:
Allow other file extensions
2 weeks ago
Closed pull request #308 on wp-cli/i18n-command:
Update eftec/bladeone requirement from 3.52 to 4.5
2 weeks ago
Mentioned in [52929] on Core SVN:
i18n: Define List item separator as a WP_Locale property.
2 weeks ago
Merged pull request #307 into wp-cli/i18n-command:
Regenerate README file
2 weeks ago
Merged pull request #304 into wp-cli/i18n-command:
Add support for PHP-Blade files
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Duplicate custom template images in uploads folder, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This is very helpful, thank you! I'll make sure we prioritize this for our next…
2 weeks ago
Created issue #202 in the wp-cli/core-command repository:
Support `--no-extract` in `wp core download`
3 weeks ago
Mentioned in [52837] on Core SVN:
Media: Store attachment’s file size in metadata.
3 weeks ago
Mentioned in [52834] on Core SVN:
Sitemaps: Pass term object to `wp_sitemaps_taxonomies_entry` filter.
3 weeks ago
Committed [2691087] to Plugins SVN:
Releasing version 1.18.1
3 weeks ago
Committed [2691086] to Plugins SVN:
Tagging version 1.18.1
3 weeks ago
Committed [2691085] to Plugins SVN:
Committing version 1.18.1
3 weeks ago
Mentioned in [52822] on Core SVN:
Query: Make sure `WP_Query::get_queried_object()` works for `author_name` before `::get_posts()` is run.
3 weeks ago
Closed issue #305 on the wp-cli/i18n-command repository:
Strings from block.json are not translated in Gutenberg
3 weeks ago
Closed ticket #55310 on Core Trac:
Multi-date scheduled content blocks don't work as expected
4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Duplicate custom template images in uploads folder, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
> What we are concerned with is duplication and over-optimization of the saved custom template…
4 weeks ago
Closed ticket #55304 on Core Trac:
Remove error logging in sanitize_post
4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to CND hosted images are not showing during composing., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
> I am using the subdomain, not the CND for images. and I have done…
4 weeks ago
Committed [2686932] to Plugins SVN:
Releasing version 1.18.0
4 weeks ago
Committed [2686931] to Plugins SVN:
Tagging version 1.18.0
4 weeks ago
Committed [2686930] to Plugins SVN:
Committing version 1.18.0
4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to My Web Story Sitemap https://biography2me.org/web-story-sitemap.xml could not be, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there The web-story-sitemap.xml sitemap file is provided by WordPress core itself. If you continue…
4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to ‘Trim’ button not available in Google Webstories plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If the Application tab says that, then there is something else preventing the coss-origin isolation.…
4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Web Stories plugin could not be initialized. You appear to be running an incomp, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
OK, that at least is a different error message. What is the exact error shown…
4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Video Trimming is not available for users, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there Video trimming requires upload capabilities, since we need to upload the trimmed video…
4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Editor crashes now, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Our developers are planning on looking into it this week. Is it possible for you…
4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to ‘Trim’ button not available in Google Webstories plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You don't need to set WEBSTORIES_DEV_MODE and you don't need to change anything about experiments.…
4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Web Stories plugin could not be initialized. You appear to be running an incomp, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there Did you install the plugin from GitHub or some other source? On GitHub…
4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to ‘Trim’ button not available in Google Webstories plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hmm, okay interesting. And you're an admin user? Could you perhaps provide your Site Health…
1 month ago
Posted a reply to ‘Trim’ button not available in Google Webstories plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
And you still don't see the option? In that case, what browser are you using…
1 month ago
Posted a reply to ‘Trim’ button not available in Google Webstories plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there For enhanced features like video trimming to be available you need to enable…
1 month ago
Created issue #39079 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
jest-console does not work with `jest.retryTimes()`
1 month ago
Posted a reply to Cant use web story with wordpress 5.9, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there Are you using the latest version of the plugin? Where are you seeing…
1 month ago
Posted a reply to Webstories Adding As SHORTCODE Displays Only ‘DEFAULT VIEW’, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Glad to hear the stories are displaying properly now! The "Default View" button is not…
1 month ago
Posted a reply to Web Story is invalid It won’t appear in Google Search results, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there Did you change something in your story in the meantime? I just tested…
1 month ago
Posted a reply to Webstories redirect to blackscreen on carousel click, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Replied at https://wordpress.org/support/topic/webstories-adding-as-shortcode-displays-only-default-view/#post-15386288
1 month ago
Posted a reply to Webstories not displaying in Sidebar via ShortCode, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Replied at your other topic: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/webstories-adding-as-shortcode-displays-only-default-view/#post-15386288
1 month ago
Posted a reply to Webstories Adding As SHORTCODE Displays Only ‘DEFAULT VIEW’, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This Custom CSS might not be in Elementor, but in the WordPress customizer. You can…
1 month ago
Posted a reply to Webstories not displaying in Sidebar via ShortCode, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The issue is the display: none issue as mentioned in your other support topic. In…
1 month ago
Posted a reply to Webstories redirect to blackscreen on carousel click, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@emilrueh The issue is the display: none issue as mentioned above. It's the same thing…
1 month ago
Posted a reply to Webstories Adding As SHORTCODE Displays Only ‘DEFAULT VIEW’, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there In your Customizer Custom CSS section you appear to have the folowing CSS:…
1 month ago
Posted a reply to No audio from videos?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@logicgasm Sorry to hear that you're having troubles with video audio channels in stories. Could…
1 month ago
Posted a reply to Broken Link for Images from Media Library, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Awesome, I am so glad to hear it worked! Now I hope there's nothing else…
1 month ago
Posted a reply to Broken Link for Images from Media Library, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You're not the only one who is a bit confused here. Let me take a…
1 month ago

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