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

Closed ticket #56445 on Core Trac:
Give a notification in Site Health when you are using a (temporary) ...
2 days ago
Posted a reply to Canva to Google Web Stories, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This is our current recommendation, yes. Because otherwise you'll have what we call burned-in text,…
3 days ago
Mentioned in [53928] on Core SVN:
Editor: Ensure `get_block_templates()` returns unique templates or template parts.
5 days ago
Mentioned in [53927] on Core SVN:
Editor: Ensure `get_block_templates()` returns unique templates or template parts.
5 days ago
Posted a reply to Web Stories made using older version of plugin are blank white screen, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That was still very helpful, thanks for testing! It helped narrow down the problem. We…
5 days ago
Mentioned in [53912] on Core SVN:
Embeds: Fix missing labels and duplicate IDs.
1 week ago
Posted a reply to Web Stories made using older version of plugin are blank white screen, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks. So it looks like the data is still there, which is good. It just…
1 week ago
Posted a reply to Web Stories made using older version of plugin are blank white screen, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I went through your site and couldn't find a blank story at first glance. Could…
1 week ago
Posted a reply to Web Stories plugin could not be initialized., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The plugin requires the PHP DOM extension to be installed. As the message says, please…
1 week ago
Posted a reply to Non-admin users can’t change fonts, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It's against the forum guidelines to share login information, so unfortunately we cannot do that.…
2 weeks ago
Committed [2771466] to Plugins SVN:
Releasing version 1.24.0
2 weeks ago
Committed [2771465] to Plugins SVN:
Tagging version 1.24.0
2 weeks ago
Committed [2771464] to Plugins SVN:
Committing version 1.24.0
2 weeks ago
Created issue #43222 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Env: Error in `readWordPressVersion`
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Insert products from woocomerce into stories., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you share a screenshot of the error message you're seeing & the steps to…
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Issue changing publisher logo, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Changing the default publisher logo on the settings page will use that logo by default…
2 weeks ago
Closed pull request #2941 on WordPress/wordpress-develop:
I18N: Introduce `WP_Textdomain_Registry`
2 weeks ago
Closed ticket #39210 on Core Trac:
switch_to_locale() unloads all plugin and theme translations
2 weeks ago
Committed [53874] to Core SVN:
I18N: Introduce `WP_Textdomain_Registry` to store text domains and ...
2 weeks ago
Closed issue #16675 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
E2E test utils do not support localized WordPress environment
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to I am getting an error with latest version of the plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there This forum is for issues for the Web Stories plugin developed by Google.…
3 weeks ago
Mentioned in [53846] on Core SVN:
Script loader: enable resource preloading with rel='preload'.
3 weeks ago
Committed [2765295] to Plugins SVN:
Releasing version 1.23.2
4 weeks ago
Committed [2765294] to Plugins SVN:
Tagging version 1.23.2
4 weeks ago
Committed [2765293] to Plugins SVN:
Committing version 1.23.2
4 weeks ago
Pull request #5658 merged into wp-cli/wp-cli:
Address some PHP 8.1 deprecation notices
1 month ago
Posted a reply to Webstory Cache Text-only version, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
When using the "Highlight" text box mode in the editor we print all text twice,…
1 month ago
Closed pull request #335 on wp-cli/i18n-command:
Update gettext/gettext requirement from ^4.8 to ^5.7
1 month ago
Posted a reply to Is the poster issue fixed in v1.23.1?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
We're still looking into it and will probably release another version in the next 24…
1 month ago
Posted a reply to Generate Complete HTML content to send via REST API, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That's correct, the content post_content field in the REST API response does not match what…
1 month ago
Posted a reply to Story Archive Broken, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
A hotlinked poster image does not have an ID, so that is technically correct. However,…
1 month ago
Committed [2761051] to Plugins SVN:
Releasing version 1.23.1
1 month ago
Committed [2761050] to Plugins SVN:
Tagging version 1.23.1
1 month ago
Committed [2761049] to Plugins SVN:
Committing version 1.23.1
1 month ago
Committed [2759293] to Plugins SVN:
Releasing version 1.23.0
1 month ago
Committed [2759292] to Plugins SVN:
Tagging version 1.23.0
1 month ago
Committed [2759290] to Plugins SVN:
Committing version 1.23.0
1 month ago
Reviewed 1 string on translate.wordpress.org.
1 month ago
Posted a reply to Video playing without audio, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The status right now is that VideoPress made some changes to their infrastructure and now…
1 month ago
Posted a reply to How to do search and replace ?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Web Stories are stored in regular post types, so as long as you handle the…
1 month ago
Posted a reply to Custom JavaScript is not allowed, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
From what I can see there is some JavaScript being added to your stories coming…
1 month ago
Closed issue #5613 on the wp-cli/wp-cli repository:
PHP 8.1.2: Return type of Requests_Cookie_Jar::offsetExists($key) should either be compatible with […]
1 month ago
Submitted pull request #5658 to wp-cli/wp-cli:
Address some PHP 8.1 deprecation notices
1 month ago
Posted a reply to Seo Stories, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
As per the Web Stories Best Practices, all Web Stories must be canonical. But it's…
1 month ago
Closed pull request #330 on wp-cli/i18n-command:
Update eftec/bladeone requirement from 3.52 to 4.5.5
1 month ago
Merged pull request #31 into wp-cli/wp-cli-dev:
Update branch name for restful command
1 month ago
Submitted pull request #31 to wp-cli/wp-cli-dev:
Update branch name for restful command
1 month ago
Posted a reply to How to open link directly on Web Stories?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there You can create such a "Read more" link that requires only 1 click…
2 months ago
Posted a reply to Video playing without audio, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Glad to hear you found a workaround in the meantime. The suggestion that we seem…
2 months ago
Merged pull request #417 into wp-cli/wp-cli-bundle:
Add eftect/bladeone to phar - for i18n-command
2 months ago

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