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Member Since: February 25th, 2008
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
Website: https://pascalbirchler.com
Job Title: Web Developer
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Bio

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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Core Contributor
Core Contributor
Core Team
Core Team
Documentation Contributor
Documentation Contributor
Meta Contributor
Meta Contributor
Translation Contributor
Translation Contributor
Translation Editor
Translation Editor
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Speaker
WordCamp Speaker
Plugin Developer
Plugin Developer

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Closed ticket #44792, in Core Trac:
Add filter to get_post_class to solve get_taxonomies performance issues

3 days ago
Created a new ticket, #3748, in Meta Trac:
Consider using WP-CLI for string extraction

1 week ago
Closed ticket #44741, in Core Trac:
get_the_excerpt and wp_trim_excerpt ambiguity

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Remove Core Meta Box, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
What meta boxes are for the classic editor, panels are the equivalent in Gutenberg. These…

2 weeks ago
Closed ticket #44740, in Core Trac:
How to increase website speed?

2 weeks ago
Closed ticket #44732, in Core Trac:
Cannot access comments; getting 504 message

2 weeks ago
Closed ticket #44727, in Core Trac:
WP 4.9.8 creates fatal on filter list_pages

2 weeks ago
Created a new ticket, #44717, in Core Trac:
Missing space in changelog on about.php

2 weeks ago
Closed ticket #44700, in Core Trac:
Full path disclosure on rss-functions.php

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to debug errors please, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Just a quick heads up that the fix I mentioned above is part of the…

3 weeks ago
Closed ticket #44661, in Core Trac:
Page update issue

3 weeks ago
Closed ticket #44663, in Core Trac:
Disallow direct access to wp-includes php files

3 weeks ago
Created a new ticket, #44666, in Core Trac:
Don't use hardcoded delete_post capability for custom post types

3 weeks ago
Committed [1915964] to Plugins Trac:
Tagging version 1.4.0

3 weeks ago
Committed [1915961] to Plugins Trac:
Version 1.4.0

3 weeks ago
Committed [1915217] to Plugins Trac:
Tagging version 1.9.0

3 weeks ago
Committed [1915216] to Plugins Trac:
Version 1.9.0

3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Javascript Chat Summary – July 24th, on the site Make WordPress Core:
When Gutenberg is ready. There's no set date. See also the note in the sidebar:…

3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for „apirone-bitcoin-forwarding“ plugin, on the site Translate WordPress:
Please make sure you meet all the criteria for a cross-locale PTE request as per…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Link User Logo, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Do you mean the CSS of the WP Team List plugin is sometimes loading? Or…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Update Github Link, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for letting us know. We already fixed this a while ago, see https://github.com/wearerequired/admin-menu-manager/issues/24. We…

3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for WP BrowserUpdate, on the site Translate WordPress:
Done for de_CH. I hope you are aware of the differences between German and German…

3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Hello Polyglots, I am the…, on the site Translate WordPress:
Is @maurosen an active translator? I don‘t see any translation history nor any indication that…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Plugin problem (I didn’t even install it), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I have never been able to replicate this. Let me know if this still happens…

1 month ago
Committed [1905937] to Plugins Trac:
Tagging 1.3.0

1 month ago
Committed [1905932] to Plugins Trac:
Version 1.3.0

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Is this plugin GDPR compatible?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@solid_snake GDPR is irrelevant for this plugin. Posts 2 Posts just connects posts and users…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Does Glue for Yoast SEO work with other AMP plugins?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
As it says in the plugin description, it's only for the "AMP for WordPress" plugin…

2 months 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…

2 months 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…

3 months 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…

3 months 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,…

3 months 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…

3 months 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)…

3 months 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…

3 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…

3 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…

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

3 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…

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

4 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…

4 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.

4 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…

4 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…

4 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…

4 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…

4 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…

4 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 :-)

4 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.…

4 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…

4 months ago

Admin Menu Manager

Active Installs: 1,000+
Digest Notifications

Active Installs: 70+
Disable Embeds

Active Installs: 10,000+
GlotPress

Active Installs: 500+
Preferred Languages

Active Installs: 300+
Shiny Updates

Active Installs: 400+
Simple User Adding

Active Installs: 30+
User Feedback

Active Installs: 200+
Voice Search

Active Installs: 300+
WP Feed Post Thumbnail

Active Installs: 800+
WP Team List

Active Installs: 200+
WP Widget Disable

Active Installs: 3,000+

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