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

Mentioned in [54080] on Core SVN:
Networks and Sites: Use metadata api in ``*_network_options` functions.
9 hours ago
Mentioned in [54066] on Core SVN:
Posts, Post Types: Allow bypassing of term classes in `get_post_class()`.
2 days ago
Posted a reply to Media Management Help, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That's a great question. The image cropping is all done by WordPress, see wp_ajax_crop_image(). There…
5 days ago
Mentioned in [54043] on Core SVN:
Site Health: Introduce page cache check.
6 days ago
Posted a reply to WRONG TITLES, Indexing Issues, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
There should be no issues with such a setup as far as I know.
6 days ago
Mentioned in [54040] on Core SVN:
Tests: Correctly back up and restore theme directories in `Tests_Theme`.
6 days ago
Posted a reply to Third party media integration, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
There's no way to add additional providers to the third-party media library. Is there a…
1 week ago
Posted a reply to WRONG TITLES, Indexing Issues, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
There can be multiple h1/h2/h3 heading tags in a story and individual tags can be…
1 week ago
Posted a reply to Featured Image Issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
There's no direct option to choose the first page's image as the poster, since the…
1 week ago
Posted a reply to AMP validation for bigger stories (with reels), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
CloudFlare probably uses various factors to decide whether to block access or not. While these…
1 week ago
Posted a reply to Not displaying the story banner in the Google index, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there By banner, do you mean the Web Stories logo? Like you can see…
1 week ago
Posted a reply to AMP validation for bigger stories (with reels), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there Thanks for reaching out! From what I can see, you have CloudFlare configured…
1 week ago
Posted a reply to Discover Feature not Enabled in GSC, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there As per the Search Console help center, the Discover Performance report is visible…
1 week ago
Posted a reply to Web stories plugin crashing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thank you, that's already helpful. I am trying to reproduce this on my end. Is…
1 week ago
Posted a reply to Web stories plugin crashing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there What error message are you getting? Could you please share a screenshot?
1 week ago
Posted a reply to Invalid AMP, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, thanks for reaching out. Do you perhaps have a screenshot of the errors…
1 week ago
Posted a reply to Featured Image Issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there When you create a story in the editor you can set its featured…
1 week ago
Posted a reply to Sorry, you are not allowed to access this page., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, thanks for reaching out. Could you please provide your Site Health information? You…
1 week ago
Posted a reply to WRONG TITLES, Indexing Issues, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for reaching out! We're happy to help you resolve this issue. What's the URL…
1 week ago
Posted a reply to Update Issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If you could upload a screen recording of this bug somewhere on Google Drive, Dropbox,…
1 week ago
Posted a reply to Web story traffic zero, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, thanks for reaching out! I understand that this can be frustrating.. However, here…
1 week ago
Posted a reply to Blank Space in the story list on mobile, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the additional information, very helpful! We were now able to reproduce this on…
1 week ago
Posted a reply to Videos getting flagged by Google Search Console, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, thanks for reaching out. The Search Console video indexing report is still very…
1 week ago
Posted a reply to Editor is crashing when creating new and updating webstories, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, thank you for reaching out. I will be happy to take a look…
1 week ago
Closed pull request #339 on wp-cli/i18n-command:
Update eftec/bladeone requirement from 3.52 to 4.6
1 week ago
Closed ticket #56445 on Core Trac:
Give a notification in Site Health when you are using a (temporary) ...
2 weeks 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,…
2 weeks ago
Mentioned in [53928] on Core SVN:
Editor: Ensure `get_block_templates()` returns unique templates or template parts.
2 weeks ago
Mentioned in [53927] on Core SVN:
Editor: Ensure `get_block_templates()` returns unique templates or template parts.
2 weeks 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…
2 weeks ago
Mentioned in [53912] on Core SVN:
Embeds: Fix missing labels and duplicate IDs.
3 weeks 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…
3 weeks 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…
3 weeks 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…
3 weeks 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.…
3 weeks ago
Committed [2771466] to Plugins SVN:
Releasing version 1.24.0
3 weeks ago
Committed [2771465] to Plugins SVN:
Tagging version 1.24.0
3 weeks ago
Committed [2771464] to Plugins SVN:
Committing version 1.24.0
3 weeks ago
Created issue #43222 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Env: Error in `readWordPressVersion`
3 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…
4 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…
4 weeks ago
Closed pull request #2941 on WordPress/wordpress-develop:
I18N: Introduce `WP_Textdomain_Registry`
4 weeks ago
Closed ticket #39210 on Core Trac:
switch_to_locale() unloads all plugin and theme translations
4 weeks ago
Committed [53874] to Core SVN:
I18N: Introduce `WP_Textdomain_Registry` to store text domains and ...
4 weeks ago
Closed issue #16675 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
E2E test utils do not support localized WordPress environment
4 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.…
1 month ago
Mentioned in [53846] on Core SVN:
Script loader: enable resource preloading with rel='preload'.
1 month ago
Committed [2765295] to Plugins SVN:
Releasing version 1.23.2
1 month ago
Committed [2765294] to Plugins SVN:
Tagging version 1.23.2
1 month ago
Committed [2765293] to Plugins SVN:
Committing version 1.23.2
1 month ago

Developer

AMP

Active Installs: 500,000+
Disable Embeds

Active Installs: 20,000+
Preferred Languages

Active Installs: 2,000+
Voice Search

Active Installs: 500+

Contributor

Admin Footer Version (rebranded)

Active Installs: Less than 10
Admin Menu Manager

Active Installs: 900+
Antispam Bee

Active Installs: 700,000+
Digest Notifications

Active Installs: 40+
Feed Post Thumbnail

Active Installs: 1,000+
GlotPress

Active Installs: 600+
Shiny Updates

Active Installs: 70+
Team List

Active Installs: 300+
Widget Disable

Active Installs: 20,000+

Support Rep

PWA

Active Installs: 40,000+
Site Kit by Google - Analytics, Search Console, AdSense, Speed

Active Installs: 2+ million

Plugins

Themes

General Translation Editor

Deutsch (German) Plugins Translation Editor - #de_DE

Admin Menu Manager

Active Installs: 900+
AMP

Active Installs: 500,000+
Yoast Breadcrumbs

Active Installs: 9,000+
Clicky by Yoast

Active Installs: 20,000+
Digest Notifications

Active Installs: 40+
Enhanced WP Contact Form

Active Installs: 1,000+
Feature Policy

Active Installs: 200+
Google Cloud Storage plugin

Active Installs: 800+
Glue for Yoast SEO & AMP

Active Installs: 40,000+
Site Kit by Google – Analytics, Search Console, AdSense, Speed

Active Installs: 2+ million
Native Lazyload

Active Installs: 10,000+
Preferred Languages

Active Installs: 2,000+
Print, PDF, Email by PrintFriendly

Active Installs: 40,000+
PWA

Active Installs: 40,000+
Quicklink for WordPress

Active Installs: 2,000+
Reporting API

Active Installs: 40+
Safe Redirect Manager

Active Installs: 50,000+
SlideShare for WordPress by Yoast

Active Installs: 9,000+
Yoast SEO

Active Installs: 5+ million
Feed Post Thumbnail

Active Installs: 1,000+
Team List

Active Installs: 300+
Widget Disable

Active Installs: 20,000+
Yoast Comment Hacks

Active Installs: 2,000+

Deutsch (Österreich) (German (Austria)) Plugins Translation Editor - #de_AT

AMP

Active Installs: 500,000+
Feature Policy

Active Installs: 200+
Native Lazyload

Active Installs: 10,000+
Preferred Languages

Active Installs: 2,000+
PWA

Active Installs: 40,000+
Reporting API

Active Installs: 40+
Sitekit

Active Installs: 1,000+

Deutsch (Schweiz) (German (Switzerland)) Translation Contributor - #de_CH

WordPress Theme Directory, PI Button, AccessPress Social Login Lite – Social Login WordPress Plugin, Affiliates Manager, Akismet Spam Protection, AMP, AnsPress – Question and answer, BuddyPress, Button Builder – Buttons X, Contact Form to DB by BestWebSoft – Messages Database Plugin For WordPress, Core Sitemaps, WordPress Calls to Action, Custom Search by BestWebSoft – Advanced WordPress Search Bar Plugin, Digest Notifications, Disable Comments – Remove Comments & Stop Spam [Multi-Site Support], Disable Privacy Tools, Download Attachments, Easy Property Listings, Easy Retweet, Easy SwipeBox, FPW Category Thumbnails, Frontier Query, Business Directory WordPress Plugin – GeoDirectory, MainWP Dashboard – The Private WordPress Manager for Multiple Website Maintenance, MB Custom Post Types & Custom Taxonomies, Media from FTP, Multilanguage by BestWebSoft – WordPress Translation Plugin and Language Switcher, NinjaFirewall (WP Edition) – Advanced Security Plugin and Firewall, PDF & Print by BestWebSoft – WordPress Posts and Pages PDF Generator Plugin, Podlove Podcast Publisher, Preferred Languages, Pressbooks, Gator Forms: the WordPress Contact Form with bite!, Simple Newsletter, Slimpack - Lightweight Jetpack, Client Invoicing by Sprout Invoices – Easy Estimates and Invoices for WordPress, Stream, Strong Testimonials, Subscriber by BestWebSoft, Syntax-highlighting Code Block (with Server-side Rendering), Tajer, Updater by BestWebSoft, User Role by BestWebSoft – Add and Customize Roles and Capabilities in WordPress, WebMan Amplifier, Invoices for WooCommerce, Backup and Restore WordPress – Backup Plugin, WP Club Manager – WordPress Sports Club Plugin, Event Management, Events Calendar, RSVP Event Tickets Plugin, WP Latest Posts, WP Meta SEO, Widget Disable, WPMovieLibrary, WPtouch, Youneeq Recommendations, Zibbra, Aladdin, BluePrintQ Draft, Curtains, evolve, Mesmerize, Modulus, Outliner, Plain WP, raindrops, SG Window, Stained Glass, Uniq, Vandana Lite, Wallow, Waves, WordPress 4.2.x, WordPress 4.3.x, WordPress 4.4.x, WordPress 4.5.x, WordPress 4.6.x, WordPress 4.7.x, WordPress 4.8.x, WordPress 4.9.x, WordPress 5.0.x, WordPress 5.1.x, WordPress 5.2.x, WordPress 5.3.x, and WordPress 6.0.x - Development

Deutsch (German) Translation Contributor - #de_DE

WordPress Theme Directory, Admin Menu Manager, Ads.txt Manager, aleno Restaurant Reservations, AMP, Antispam Bee, bbPress, BRAD, Cloud Blocks, Comment Popularity, Core Sitemaps, Digest Notifications, Feature Policy, MonsterInsights – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Made Easy), Site Kit by Google – Analytics, Search Console, AdSense, Speed, Restaurant Menu by MotoPress, Timetable and Event Schedule by MotoPress, Nelio AB Testing, PHP Compatibility Checker, Preferred Languages, PWA, Quicklink for WordPress, Reporting API, Safe Redirect Manager, Surge, TP2WP Importer, Two-Factor, User Feedback, WooSidebars, WordPress Importer, WP Super Cache, Widget Disable, Categories to Tags Converter, WordPress 4.4.x, WordPress 4.5.x, WordPress 4.6.x, WordPress 4.7.x, WordPress 4.8.x, WordPress 4.9.x, WordPress 5.0.x, WordPress 5.1.x, WordPress 5.2.x, WordPress 5.3.x, and WordPress 6.0.x - Development

Rumantsch (Romansh) Translation Contributor - #roh

Browse Happy, Forums, o2, P2 "Breathe", WordPress Plugin Directory, Rosetta, WordPress Theme Directory, WordCamp.org, WordPress.org, Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth, Polylang, Preferred Languages, Twenty Nineteen, Twenty Seventeen, WordPress 4.7.x, WordPress 4.8.x, WordPress 4.9.x, WordPress 5.0.x, WordPress 5.1.x, WordPress 5.2.x, WordPress 5.3.x, and WordPress 6.0.x - Development

Deutsch (Schweiz, Du) (German (Switzerland, Informal)) Translation Contributor - #de_CH_informal

aleno Restaurant Reservations, AMP, Core Sitemaps, Digest Notifications, Disable Privacy Tools, Preferred Languages, Syntax-highlighting Code Block (with Server-side Rendering), Yoast SEO, WP GDPR Cookie Notice, Widget Disable, Mesmerize, WordPress 5.0.x, WordPress 5.1.x, WordPress 5.2.x, WordPress 5.3.x, and WordPress 6.0.x - Development

Deutsch (Sie) (German (Formal)) Translation Contributor - #de_DE_formal

Akismet Spam Protection, AMP, AntiVirus, Core Sitemaps, Digest Notifications, Preferred Languages, Statify, User Feedback, and Widget Disable

🌏🌍🌎 (Emoji) (Emoji) Translation Contributor - #art_xemoji

Admin Menu Manager and Preferred Languages

Deutsch (Österreich) (German (Austria)) Translation Contributor - #de_AT

AMP and Core Sitemaps

Español (Spanish (Spain)) Translation Contributor - #es_ES

AntiVirus and Preferred Languages

Italiano (Italian) Translation Contributor - #it_IT

Preferred Languages and Team List

English (Australia) Translation Contributor - #en_AU

Preferred Languages

English (Canada) Translation Contributor - #en_CA

English (UK) Translation Contributor - #en_GB

English (New Zealand) Translation Contributor - #en_NZ

Preferred Languages

English (South Africa) Translation Contributor - #en_ZA

Preferred Languages

Français (French (France)) Translation Contributor - #fr_FR

Nederlands (Dutch) Translation Contributor - #nl_NL