Pascal Birchler
@swissspidy on WordPress.org and Slack
- Member Since: February 25th, 2008
- Location: Zurich, Switzerland
- Website: pascalbirchler.com
- GitHub: swissspidy
- Job Title: Developer Relations Engineer
- Employer: Google
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Pascal Birchler’s badges:- Core Contributor
- Core Team
- Documentation Contributor
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- Plugin Developer
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- Security Team
- Translation Contributor
- Translation Editor
- WordCamp Organizer
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- WP-CLI Contributor
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Mentioned in [55276] on Core SVN:
I18N: Mark screen reader strings as such with translator comments. -
Closed ticket #57644 on Core Trac:
Do not show language spinner if dropdown has been removed -
Closed pull request #4009 on WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Do not show language spinner if dropdown has been removed -
Posted a reply to Webstories not valid after updating the plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for your report! We'd love to help you get to the bottom of this.… -
Posted a reply to Filters not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there We'd be happy to help you get to the bottom of this. Could… -
Committed [2861006] to Plugins SVN:
Releasing version 1.29.0 -
Committed [2861005] to Plugins SVN:
Tagging version 1.29.0 -
Committed [2861004] to Plugins SVN:
Committing version 1.29.0 -
Submitted pull request #4009 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Do not show language spinner if dropdown has been removed -
Created ticket #57644 on Core Trac:
Do not show language spinner if dropdown has been removed -
Posted a reply to Web Stories and sunsetting GA3, future support for GA4, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for reaching out about this. You are right, Google Analytics 4 does not currently… -
Mentioned in [55229] on Core SVN:
Upgrade/Install: Send language pack updates to `copy_dir()`. -
Closed ticket #57640 on Core Trac:
Don't reveal and show admin email address in "changed email address" ... -
Posted a reply to PHP Fatal error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
We're currently preparing to publish our next release, shouldn't be much longer. Thanks for your… -
Mentioned in [55226] on Core SVN:
Filesystem API: Prevent fatal error in `move_dir()`. -
Posted a reply to Mailpoet compatibility issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I can use both fine on my own site: Do you perhaps have some other… -
Posted a reply to web stories- The editor has crashed. -Editor is crash while creating new story, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@abhishekchandel You already have another support topic about the same thing. We already replied to… -
Posted a reply to web stories- The editor has crashed. -Editor is crash while creating new story, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the additional screenshots. This particular error should be resolved in our next release,… -
Submitted pull request #3999 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
`WP_Textdomain_Registry`: Use `rtrim` instead of `untrailingslashit` and `trailingslashit` -
Closed pull request #3952 on WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Follow-up to `switch_to_user_locale()` -
Committed [55224] to Core SVN:
I18N: Improve method names in `WP_Locale_Switcher()`. This is a ... -
Posted a reply to Create Web Stories Programmatically, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
No, the plugin cannot generate the JSON from your HTML. So if you just insert… -
Posted a reply to web stories- The editor has crashed. -Editor is crash while creating new story, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@lrn2brn Would you mind opening a new support topic so that we can better assist… -
Posted a reply to Create Web Stories Programmatically, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Right now there is not really a way to create stories programmatically using PHP, because… -
Mentioned in [55203] on Core SVN:
Introduce HTML API with HTML Tag Processor -
Mentioned in [55196] on Core SVN:
I18N: Pass `$locale` parameter to `override_load_textdomain` filter. -
Posted a reply to Unable to save your story if wordpress url and site url differ, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
When the site and home URLs are different, it's common to run into issues with… -
Submitted pull request #3952 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Follow-up to `switch_to_user_locale()` -
Closed pull request #3637 on WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Introduce `switch_to_user_locale()` -
Closed ticket #57123 on Core Trac:
Make it easier to switch to a user's locale -
Committed [55161] to Core SVN:
I18N: Introduce `switch_to_user_locale()`. This new function makes it ... -
Posted a reply to Errors on Debug Tab After Viewing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The INVALID_URL_PROTOCOL error is still there because the link on your first page is still… -
Posted a reply to Your story contains errors that can affect eligibility to appear on Google. Plea, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Please share the correct link to your story so that we can assist you. The… -
Closed pull request #3226 on WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Allow installing translations when changing user language -
Closed pull request #27973 on WordPress/gutenberg:
[EXPERIMENTAL] react-i18n: client-side locale switching -
Closed pull request #20629 on WordPress/gutenberg:
Add new option to dependency-group ESLint rule -
Posted a reply to How can the different story blocks on the same page send requests only once?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, could you please share the link to an affected page so we could… -
Posted a reply to Errors on Debug Tab After Viewing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I assume you are referring to https://birdzofafeather.ca/web-stories/pallet-shelves-diy/? A couple of things I see at first… -
Posted a reply to AMP page is invalid, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You are using a plugin that inserts ads in posts and pages — and also… -
Closed ticket #57511 on Core Trac:
Deprecated: Return type of Requests_Cookie_Jar when activating PHP 8.1 -
Closed ticket #38664 on Core Trac:
Allow installing translations via the language setting on the user ... -
Committed [55099] to Core SVN:
I18N: Allow installing new translations when changing the user locale ... -
Posted a reply to Translation sometimes empty, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The issue is that the plural string "Addresses" was translated to an empty string in… -
Translated 1 string on translate.wordpress.org.
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Closed issue #159 on the wp-cli/doctor-command repository:
runcommand.io links are broken in readme -
Merged pull request #174 into wp-cli/doctor-command:
Update `runcommand.io` links to corresponding handbook pages -
Posted a reply to Translation sometimes empty, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
And to clarify, the output is an empty string and not the original English text?… -
Posted a reply to Disable Auto Save, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
There are plenty of plugins that allow you changing the autosave interval in WordPress. A… -
Posted a reply to Make this a core feature, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the review! Preferred Languages is a so-called feature plugin, so the plan has… -
Posted a reply to Translation sometimes empty, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Does this also happen when using the current 2.0.0 Beta version?
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