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Pascal Birchler

Member Since: February 25th, 2008
Zurich, Switzerland
https://pascalbirchler.com
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@swissspidy on WordPress.org and Slack

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Bio/Description

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.

Closed ticket #44392, in Core Trac:
get_user_field

4 days ago
Closed ticket #44409, in Core Trac:
get_userdata and get_user_field_by

4 days ago
Closed ticket #44294, in Core Trac:
Move comment form labels after inputs for consistency with consent checkbox

2 weeks ago
Closed ticket #44322, in Core Trac:
When editing a file after updating to wordpress 4.9 or higher, the ...

2 weeks ago
Closed ticket #44309, in Core Trac:
SimplePie get_enclosures() returns only the first enclosure

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Beitrag in anderen WordPress-Blog einbinden (Feature aus 4.4), on the site Support-Foren:
Korrekt. Man sehe sich mal die ganzen Fehler in der Browser-Konsole an, dann erkennt man…

3 weeks ago
Closed ticket #44290, in Core Trac:
Cannot Retrieve Texts in Bengali Language

3 weeks ago
Closed ticket #44289, in Core Trac:
WordPress 4.9.8 version authorize members in detail

3 weeks ago
Closed ticket #44291, in Core Trac:
WordPress update 4.9.8 new version members should role be ...

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Cannot translate to Spanish, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Unfortunately the plugin is not properly prepared for localization, otherwise you could directly translate it…

4 weeks ago
Closed ticket #44257, in Core Trac:
logging in with Facebook when commenting may lead to "ERROR: your url ...

4 weeks ago
Closed ticket #44220, in Core Trac:
Update wp-cli.yml to point to build/ instead of src/

1 month ago
Wrote a new post, JavaScript I18N Meeting Summary: May 8th, on the site Make WordPress Core:
After the blog post about JavaScript internationalization, we held a first meeting last Tuesday to…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Sprache der Website englisch statt deutsch, on the site Support-Foren:
Die Sprache unter "Profil" ist nur für den Admin-Bereich, nicht das Frontend. Kannst du erläutern,…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Hello Polyglots,, on the site Translate WordPress:
In addition to the issues with de_DE outlined above, please be aware of the special…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Randomize Plugin / Editor Request, on the site Translate WordPress:
Added for de_CH. Please check out https://github.com/openstream/wordpress-de-ch for some language rules regarding the German (Switzerland)…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post JavaScript Internationalization: The Missing Pieces, on the site Make WordPress Core:
In this scenario, GlotPress does need to know about the text domains though, correct? Otherwise…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Alléchant, mais…, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
(on doit parler anglais ici) Hey there It's sad to hear that the plugin isn't…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post JavaScript Internationalization: The Missing Pieces, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I think another step can be skipped by not having to copy anything from JS…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Hi polyglots,, on the site Translate WordPress:
Done for de_CH.

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Excellent plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks a lot for your review! Let's hope we can bring this into WordPress ore…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Much needed, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks a lot for your kind review!

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Wow, didn’t realize how much I needed this, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Wow, that's a lot of unneeded widgets! Glad to hear that WP Widget Disable helped…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to ScreenShots stored in wp-admin folder, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This is gonna be resolved in the upcoming version 2.0, see https://github.com/wearerequired/user-feedback/issues/70.

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Excelente!!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks a lot for your kind words! If you want to translate the plugin into…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Release version 2, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That's the thing with promises, you have to actually deliver :-) Version 2.0 will be…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Plugin disappearing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for your feedback. I've been testing the upcoming version 2.0, see https://github.com/wearerequired/admin-menu-manager/issues/50. This shouldn't…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to testing version 2, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for your feedback! Right now you can drag the blue "bubble" as we call…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Recapcha for non login users, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for your feature suggestion! While I'm personally not a huge fan of captchas in…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Perfect lightweight!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks a lot for your kind review! This always helps us to stay motivated :-)

2 months ago
Posted a reply to how to add user, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey there WP Team List automatically displays all your registered users that match the critera.…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to How to use it in multisite please?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Either way works, actually. Let us know if you run into any troubles. In the…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to debug errors please, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there Thanks for your report! Unfortunately I can't reproduce this at the moment. Does…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post JavaScript Internationalization: The Missing Pieces, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Thanks for sharing how Facebook does things in that regard! WordPress went the opposite way…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post JavaScript Internationalization: The Missing Pieces, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Unfortunately, not all strings are static. Plural forms are one of the problems a proper…

2 months ago
Wrote a new post, # JavaScript Internationalization Update, on the site Translate WordPress:
There are currently some renewed efforts being made to introduce a proper JavaScript internationalization API…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post JavaScript Internationalization: The Missing Pieces, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Interesting suggestion, thanks! It would definitely make sense to hear insights from @ocean90 about that.…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post JavaScript Internationalization: The Missing Pieces, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Ah, forgot to add that! Yeah, I think #core-i18n works best.

2 months ago
Wrote a new post, JavaScript Internationalization: The Missing Pieces, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Back in 2016, work started on building a proper JavaScript internationalization API and the tooling…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Plugin problem (I didn’t even install it), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sorry for my late reply. That's very strange. Are you sure you all are running…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to preferred-languages/inc/functions.php on line 9, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sorry for my late reply. What is the exact error message you get? Is it…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Dev Chat Summary: April 18th (4.9.6 week 3), on the site Make WordPress Core:
With all that new GDPR stuff it seems like we could use a new Trac…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to How to destroy all user sessions via WP-CLI, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sounds like you're using zsh and CORRECT, see http://zsh.sourceforge.net/Intro/intro_16.html. You should be able to use…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Translation de-CH, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Then it‘s something else. Please check https://make.wordpress.org/meta/handbook/documentation/translations/#this-plugin-is-not-properly-prepared-for-localization-%e2%80%93-help Not at a computer right now but I…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Translation de-CH, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi all Instead of bundling translations with your plugin and having users send them to…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Hello Polyglots, I am the…, on the site Translate WordPress:
I just approved some of your de_CH and de_CH_informal translations, but not all. Be very…

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Hello Polyglots, I am the…, on the site Translate WordPress:
Added you now for #de_CH. As mentioned before on Slack I'm skeptical about the quality…

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Hello Polyglots, I am the…, on the site Translate WordPress:
Added you for #de_CH now. We recommend translating de_DE and de_DE_formal and then copying the…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Did wordpress already remove this feature?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Done.

3 months ago
Committed [1846829] to Plugins Trac:
Bump 'Tested up to' version

3 months ago

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