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Member Since: February 25th, 2008
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
Website: https://pascalbirchler.com
Job Title: Web Developer
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Software Engineer based in Switzerland. WordPress Core Committer. Traveller. Foodie. WordCamp and WordPress Meetup Organizer.

Interests

Entrepreneurship, Social Media, Web Development, WordPress, Movies

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.

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Meetup Organizer
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Translation Contributor
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Translation Editor
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WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Speaker
WordCamp Speaker
Plugin Developer
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Closed ticket #45642, in Core Trac:
function is_child_theme() bug

2 days ago
Reopened ticket #45574, in Core Trac:
"WordPress 5.0" is available link goes to uninformative page

3 days ago
Closed ticket #45599, in Core Trac:
WP_Scripts::localize is encoding booleans incorrectly

4 days ago
Posted a reply to Our team page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there Yes, that's totally possible with the Team List plugin. If you have a…

4 days ago
Closed ticket #45578, in Core Trac:
Format issue on WordPress GitHub repo

5 days ago
Closed ticket #45571, in Core Trac:
Remove Space In IDNAEncoder.

6 days ago
Created a new ticket, #45558, in Core Trac:
Move _draft_or_post_title() from wp-admin/includes to wp-includes

6 days ago
Closed ticket #43864, in Core Trac:
A comment inside an i18n function will cause makepot/extract.php to ...

7 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post Gutenberg Phase 2, on the site Make WordPress Core:
There's gonna be some way to convert widgets to blocks in some way, or make…

7 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post Updating the Minimum PHP Version, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I think the ServeHappy project shows quite well that some action on the WordPress side…

7 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post Updating the Minimum PHP Version, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Talking to some hosts over the weekend, it's not that big of a deal for…

7 days ago
Created a new ticket, #45553, in Core Trac:
Improve wp_is_stream() performance

7 days ago
Closed ticket #45539, in Core Trac:
Block Editor for CPT

7 days ago
Closed ticket #45531, in Core Trac:
WP 5.0 and Gutenberg fails on sites with Content-Security-Policy set

1 week ago
Wrote a comment on the post New Post Type Labels in 5.0, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Those strings are currently used in the new block editor aka Gutenberg, not in the…

1 week ago
Wrote a comment on the post New Post Type Labels in 5.0, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Could you share some examples?

1 week ago
Wrote a comment on the post New Post Type Labels in 5.0, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Documentation at developer.wordpress.org is automatically updated when a new version of WordPress is released. https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/register_post_type/…

2 weeks ago
Created a new ticket, #3976, in Meta Trac:
Add script file name to JSON translation files

2 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, New Post Type Labels in 5.0, on the site Make WordPress Core:
It's been a while since new post type labels have been introduced in WordPress. In…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Z-index/Position, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there Your theme sets some very high z-index rules which cover the user feedback…

2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post New 5.0 Target Date, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Have you seen how many open tickets we have on Trac? 🙂The number of open…

2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post New 5.0 Target Date, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Have you seen how many open tickets we have on Trac? :-)

2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post New 5.0 Target Date, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Please open issues/tickets on https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/ or https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ for anything you encounter. We can't fix bugs…

2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post New 5.0 Target Date, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Not really. Why?

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Gutenburg Compatibility, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The fix should be rather trivial for the developers. admin_init needs to be changed to…

2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Editor request, on the site Translate WordPress:
Done for de_CH. > for both, formal and informal please You'll get both automatically as…

2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post New! JavaScript i18n support in WordPress 5.0, on the site Make WordPress Core:
One big advantage of this new JS I18N API is that your translatable strings are…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Any update on version 2.0?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey there Unfortunately there's no update right now. It's still in Alpha phase as there…

3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Dev Chat Summary: November 21st (5.0 Week 8), on the site Make WordPress Core:
There have been discussions about releasing a small 4.9.9 release with PHP 7.3 support in…

3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post 5.0 / Gutenberg Status Update – Nov 19, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Note that these aren't 50+ pull requests in a single day, but all the pull…

4 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Statify-Widget, on the site Translate WordPress:
Hi there I don't see any waiting strings for this plugin at https://translate.wordpress.org/locale/de-ch/default/wp-plugins/statify-widget. There are…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Classic Editor Plugin Support Window, on the site Make WordPress Core:
According to the post & comment guidelines, the word “we” should be avoided in posts,…

1 month ago
Created a new ticket, #3889, in Meta Trac:
Plugin Embeds: Download link not working

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 5.0, Gutenberg, and Twenty Nineteen, on the site Translate WordPress:
Why? Unless I‘m missing something, the continets amd cities list would be exactly the same…

2 months ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Sofia 2018 coming up on November 24th

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Fails with Gutenberg 4.0 RC 1, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Angelika Thanks for raising this! I am planning to ship a new version soon…

2 months ago
Committed [1958483] to Plugins Trac:
Tagging 1.5.0

2 months ago
Committed [1958480] to Plugins Trac:
Version 1.5.0

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post What’s new in core-privacy, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Embed and WP-CLI contributor here 👋 Please let me know how I can contribute in…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for various plugins, on the site Translate WordPress:
Are you aware that wp-championship is not yet properly prepared for localization? Also, I don't…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 5.0 for Contributors and Committers, on the site Make WordPress Core:
A topic that shouldn't be neglected in this regard is JavaScript internationalization. Happy to help…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Share videos YouTube video but NOT allow video upload into page., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Jeff Thanks for opening this support thread. It sounds to me what you actually…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Absolutely Works, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Awesome to hear this and thanks a lot for taking the time to give the…

2 months ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Tokyo 2018 coming up on September 14th

2 months ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Johannesburg 2018 coming up on October 25th

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post A Plan for 5.0, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Unfortunately Polylang doesn't work well with Gutenberg just yet. There's work needed on both sides…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to How to use @wordpress/* packages, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
These are not blocks you can add in your editor. They are components and packages…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Problem WP TEAM LIST / Users with more than 6 articles (Multisite), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks a lot for your cooperation. I'm afraid I don't know how Loco Translate does…

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 4.9.9 Minor Release Roadmap, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Alright :-) In addition to the issues mentioned by Torsten I think that, at first…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Problem WP TEAM LIST / Users with more than 6 articles (Multisite), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sure thing. The original text for this can be found in wp-content/plugins/wp-team-list/includes/rplus-wp-team-list.php. The line looks…

3 months ago

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