Pascal Birchler (@swissspidy) – WordPress user profile

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 24 hours per week to the following teams: CLI, Core, and Polyglots.

Member Since: February 25th, 2008
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
Website: pascalbirchler.com
GitHub: swissspidy
Job Title: Developer Relations Engineer
Employer: Google
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Contribution History

Core Contributor
Core Performance 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
WP-CLI Team

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Translations

Posted a reply to Allow Web-Storie block on Gutemberg, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If you are looking for the block‘s name, it‘s web-stories/embed
4 hours ago
Merged pull request #896 into WordPress/performance:
Fix Plugin card UI and thickbox issue
6 hours ago
Closed issue #5884 on the wp-cli/wp-cli repository:
Release Checklist for WP-CLI v2.9.1
8 hours ago
Created issue #5883 in the wp-cli/wp-cli repository:
Release checklist for v2.9.1
11 hours ago
Posted a reply to Problems with translations on WooCommerce checkout page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If you are able to somehow provide steps to reproduce (maybe with an InstaWP site…
1 day ago
Posted a reply to TypeError: Right-hand side of ‘instanceof’ is not callable, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for reaching out! This definitely should not happen. Could you try temporarily installing the…
2 days ago
Mentioned in [57155] on Core SVN:
Themes: Clean up inactive themes' theme mods from being autoloaded as part of upcoming 6.5 upgrade routine.
2 days ago
Mentioned in [57153] on Core SVN:
Themes: Avoid autoloading the previous theme's theme mods when switching to another theme.
2 days ago
Closed ticket #60007 on Core Trac:
Can we add Query Loop Block + sort by menu_order on 2024 theme
3 days ago
Mentioned in [57150] on Core SVN:
Docs: Add missing argument type for `supports` in `register_post_type()`.
3 days ago
Closed issue #169 on the wp-cli/php-cli-tools repository:
PHP Deprecated: Creation of dynamic property cli\arguments\HelpScreen::$_flagMax is deprecated
3 days ago
Created issue #56736 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Interface package is endorsed but not external / stable
4 days ago
Committed [3004256] to Plugins SVN:
Tag 2.1.1
5 days ago
Committed [3004255] to Plugins SVN:
Prepare 2.1.1
5 days ago
Posted a reply to Web stories showing invalid and showing error in search console., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Then I recommend you to reach out to WP-Rocket support, as it's an issue with…
6 days ago
Closed issue #885 on the WordPress/performance repository:
Support Plugin Previews in the .org Plugin Directory
6 days ago
Created issue #328 in the WordPress/plugin-check repository:
Prefix Composer dependencies
6 days ago
Created issue #327 in the WordPress/plugin-check repository:
Support Plugin Previews in the .org Plugin Directory
7 days ago
Posted a reply to Problems with translations on WooCommerce checkout page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Unfortunately I can't reproduce this with WPML either :( I'm using WPML, the string translations…
7 days ago
Posted a reply to Problems with translations on WooCommerce checkout page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Michael, thanks for flagging this! Are you using a multilingual plugin for supporting both…
7 days ago
Created issue #374 in the wp-cli/i18n-command repository:
Add tests verifying generated translation files work as intended
1 week ago
Posted a reply to Optimize Query, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This looks like the default query initiated by WP_REST_Attachments_Controller to return media elements for showing…
1 week ago
Closed pull request #5717 on WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Run db upgrades after switching versions
1 week ago
Closed ticket #59985 on Core Trac:
Language "German (Austria)" outputs html lang incorrectly as "de-DE" ...
1 week ago
Committed [57143] to Core SVN:
Test: Run database upgrades between performance test steps. Prevents ...
1 week ago
Submitted pull request #5717 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Run db upgrades after switching versions
1 week ago
Created issue #816 in the WordPress/wordpress-playground repository:
memory access out of bounds
1 week ago
Merged pull request #56557 into WordPress/gutenberg:
Bump shivammathur/setup-php from 2.27.1 to 2.28.0
1 week ago
Closed pull request #5695 on WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Disambiguate translator comments context
1 week ago
Closed ticket #59947 on Core Trac:
Comment overkill for time string
1 week ago
Committed [57136] to Core SVN:
I18N: Improve translator comments for strings containing date formats. ...
1 week ago
Closed issue #56530 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Disambiguate translator comments context
1 week ago
Merged pull request #56531 into WordPress/gutenberg:
Add translator comments for strings containing date formats
1 week ago
Posted a reply to Web Stories Show 404 page?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for trying it out. In that case it's best to consult a developer or…
1 week ago
Pull request #598 merged into wp-cli/wp-cli-bundle:
Update Composer lock file
2 weeks ago
Closed ticket #59964 on Core Trac:
After updating to 6.4.2 sitemaps no longer update
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Web Stories Show 404 page?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sorry to hear your previous support topic went unresolved. Haven’t temporarily disabled Stories plugin yet.…
2 weeks ago
Updated a handbook page on Make WordPress Core.
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Web Stories Show 404 page?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Well, if you have a highly custom setup with tons of plugins and a custom…
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Feature Custom For Elementor, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Our focus right now is solely on the block editor, we do not have the…
2 weeks ago
Submitted pull request #598 to wp-cli/wp-cli-bundle:
Update Composer lock file
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Web stories showing invalid and showing error in search console., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
For WP-Rocket specific help I recommend consulting the WP-Rocket documentation and reach out to their…
2 weeks ago
Closed issue #92 on the wp-cli/.github repository:
Do not marke PHP 8.3 as allowed to fail anymore
2 weeks ago
Merged pull request #93 into wp-cli/.github:
Do not mark PHP 8.3 tests as allowed to fail
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Separate GA4 Tracking Codes Issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Alright, I just took a look at Rank Math and unfortunately it does not look…
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Disallowed attributes or attribute value present in HTML tag, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If there's some caching plugin involved you need to clear that cache as well. You…
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Web Stories Show 404 page?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, thanks for reaching out! Can you please share the website URL so we…
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Disallowed attributes or attribute value present in HTML tag, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, It looks like this is caused by some form of caching or obfuscation…
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Site Kit how to change GA to GA4 for webstories tracking, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there and thanks for reaching out! Could you perhaps share your website URL so…
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Custom Javascript Is Not Allowed Error in AMP section of search console, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It looks like you were able to resolve this on your own in the meantime.…
2 weeks ago