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

Google sponsors Pascal Birchler to contribute 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
Security Contributor
Security Team
Translation Contributor
Translation Editor
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Speaker
WP-CLI Contributor

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Translations

Posted a reply to Closing Opening in New Tab, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
So just to clarify, there are some issues with PWAs on iOS when using Web…
6 hours ago
Merged pull request #157 into wp-cli/media-command:
Fix typo in command argument description
8 hours ago
Closed issue #156 on the wp-cli/media-command repository:
Typo in description for --caption parameter
8 hours ago
Closed pull request #2301 on WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Bump node-sass from 6.0.1 to 7.0.0 in /src/wp-content/themes/twentynineteen
3 days ago
Closed pull request #2209 on WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Bump nanoid from 3.1.30 to 3.2.0 in /src/wp-content/themes/twentynineteen
3 days ago
Submitted pull request #321 to wp-cli/i18n-command:
Extract some shared code into `FileDataExtractor`
4 days ago
Submitted pull request #320 to wp-cli/i18n-command:
Improve theme patterns and styles lookup
4 days ago
Mentioned in [11808] on Meta SVN:
Translate: Make use of `subtract-and-merge`?\028 flag for make-pot command.
4 days ago
Submitted pull request #319 to wp-cli/i18n-command:
Update and combine `theme.json` and `block.json` extractors
4 days ago
Submitted pull request #318 to wp-cli/i18n-command:
Improve warnings for strings with different comments
4 days ago
Submitted pull request #317 to wp-cli/i18n-command:
Use `preg_match` instead of `mb_ereg`
4 days ago
Submitted pull request #316 to wp-cli/i18n-command:
Add update-po command
4 days ago
Submitted pull request #315 to wp-cli/i18n-command:
Add missing docs for make-mo command
4 days ago
Submitted pull request #313 to wp-cli/i18n-command:
Prefix JSON files with text domain if needed
6 days ago
Created issue #25 in the wp-cli/wp-cli-dev repository:
Detect default branch name in refresh-repository.php
6 days ago
Merged pull request #24 into wp-cli/wp-cli-dev:
Updated the branches to main, where available.
6 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post An Update on Preferred Languages, on the site Make WordPress Core:
But a random selection of feature (no D) plugins would be helpful, and would help…
1 week ago
Wrote a new post, X-post: An Update on Preferred Languages, on the site Translate WordPress:
X-comment from +make.wordpress.org/core: Comment on An Update on Preferred Languages
1 week ago
Wrote a comment on the post An Update on Preferred Languages, on the site Make WordPress Core:
+make.wordpress.org/polyglots/
1 week ago
Wrote a new post, An Update on Preferred Languages, on the site Make WordPress Core:
5 years after announcing the Preferred Languages feature project and implementing the first prototype, it's…
1 week ago
Committed [2715027] to Plugins SVN:
Releasing version 1.20.0
1 week ago
Committed [2715026] to Plugins SVN:
Tagging version 1.20.0
1 week ago
Committed [2715025] to Plugins SVN:
Committing version 1.20.0
1 week ago
Posted a reply to PHP warning – Tracking.php #175, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Are you using a specific plugin or code for that? We will look into how…
1 week ago
Created issue #164 in the wp-cli/ideas repository:
Add built-in support for GitHub Actions annotations
1 week ago
Posted a reply to H1 tags not working / showing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
No, that should still be accurate. Though there can only be 1 h1 on a…
1 week ago
Posted a reply to Special character in URL / Media Library, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for your report! It looks like we got a very similar report for this…
2 weeks ago
Merged pull request #411 into wp-cli/wp-cli-bundle:
Bump wp-cli/i18n-command from 2.2.13 to 2.3.0
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to PHP warning – Tracking.php #175, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Interesting. Looks like we can add some extra hardening there in our plugin to avoid…
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Add custom script, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there Adding custom JavaScript is not allowed, as that would cause AMP validation issues…
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to URL blog-post.htm/anything start searching with anything, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I don't think this is caused by the Disable Embeds plugin. The plugin does not…
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to How can I make these stories size smaller?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This is most likely a conflict with your theme that can be resolved using some…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to How can I make these stories size smaller?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The two shortcodes are now documented at https://wp.stories.google/docs/best-practices/#Embeds
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to How can I make these stories size smaller?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Good call out; I am planning on updating our documentation about that shortly and will…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to How can I make these stories size smaller?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes. With the [web_stories] shortcode you can tweak the size of the circles using the…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Click Through Rates on Web Stories with New Analytics, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for testing the provided PHP file! I just noticed there's a small bug in…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Click Through Rates on Web Stories with New Analytics, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
As per the documentation page you shared in your original topic, we've greatly simplified the…
4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Unable To SAVE stories since update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
First of all, glad to hear that downgrading the plugin worked for you. Second, you…
4 weeks ago
Mentioned in [53124] on Core SVN:
Plugins: Update item count when plugin deleted.
4 weeks ago
Merged pull request #312 into wp-cli/i18n-command:
Extract pattern metadata (title & description)
1 month ago
Mentioned in [53067] on Core SVN:
Login, Registration: Prevent password reset to whitespace alone.
1 month ago
Posted a reply to Advancing To The Website From A Story Impossible @swissspidy, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes that's the right section. We just don't currently support using arbitrary colors for the…
1 month ago
Posted a reply to Advancing To The Website From A Story Impossible @swissspidy, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Emil Bounce rate is not a ranking factor as far as I know. I…
1 month ago
Closed issue #65 on the wp-cli/i18n-command repository:
Use extractor instead of regex to get main file header data
1 month ago
Closed issue #96 on the wp-cli/i18n-command repository:
String Audit: False-positive for different translator comments
1 month ago
Closed issue #106 on the wp-cli/i18n-command repository:
Better identify translator's comments in built files.
1 month ago
Closed issue #182 on the wp-cli/i18n-command repository:
Make use of new multiple domain support in `gettext/gettext` v4.7.0
1 month ago
Closed issue #303 on the wp-cli/i18n-command repository:
Support for `gettext/gettext` `v5`
1 month ago
Closed pull request #310 on wp-cli/i18n-command:
Update eftec/bladeone requirement from 3.52 to 4.5.3
1 month ago
Merged pull request #311 into wp-cli/i18n-command:
Look for `theme.json` files in the `styles` directory of a theme
1 month ago

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