Pascal Birchler (@swissspidy) – WordPress user profile

Bio

Software Engineer based in Switzerland. WordPress Core Committer. Traveller. Foodie. Polyglot. WordCamp and WordPress Meetup Organizer.

Current Job

Software Engineer

Present

Google

Interests

WordPress, Web, Internationalization, AI, Performance

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.

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

Core AI Contributor
Core AI Team
Core Contributor
Core Performance Contributor
Core Performance Team
Core Team
Documentation Contributor
Meetup Organizer
Meta Contributor
Plugin Developer
Security Contributor
Security Team
Test Contributor
Translation Contributor
Translation Editor
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Speaker
WP-CLI Contributor
WP-CLI Team

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Merged pull request #525 into wp-cli/extension-command:
Harden theme update test
1 day ago
Submitted pull request #525 to wp-cli/extension-command:
Harden theme update test
1 day ago
Merged pull request #152 into wp-cli/checksum-command:
Fix failing test
1 day ago
Submitted pull request #152 to wp-cli/checksum-command:
Fix failing test
1 day ago
Closed issue #211 on the wp-cli/ideas repository:
Add alias definitions to README output of `wp scaffold package-readme`
2 days ago
Merged pull request #59 into wp-cli/automated-tests:
Bump shivammathur/setup-php from 2.37.0 to 2.37.1
3 days ago
Merged pull request #1020 into wp-cli/wp-cli-bundle:
Update wp-cli framework
3 days ago
Merged pull request #1019 into wp-cli/wp-cli-bundle:
Bump shivammathur/setup-php from 2.37.0 to 2.37.1
3 days ago
Closed issue #6097 on the wp-cli/wp-cli repository:
Mariadb less then 10.5 command detection
3 days ago
Merged pull request #6316 into wp-cli/wp-cli:
Check for MariaDB 10.5+ binaries, fall back to MySQL versions
3 days ago
Merged pull request #93 into wp-cli/embed-command:
Bump shivammathur/setup-php from 2.37.0 to 2.37.1
3 days ago
Merged pull request #291 into wp-cli/scaffold-package-command:
Bump @protobufjs/utf8 from 1.1.0 to 1.1.1
4 days ago
Merged pull request #568 into WordPress/plugin-check-action:
Bump globals from 17.5.0 to 17.6.0
4 days ago
Merged pull request #569 into WordPress/plugin-check-action:
Bump @actions/core from 3.0.0 to 3.0.1
4 days ago
Merged pull request #567 into WordPress/plugin-check-action:
Bump @types/node from 25.6.0 to 25.6.2
4 days ago
Merged pull request #565 into WordPress/plugin-check-action:
Bump prettier from 3.8.1 to 3.8.3
4 days ago
Merged pull request #566 into WordPress/plugin-check-action:
Bump @actions/github from 9.1.0 to 9.1.1
4 days ago
Closed issue #4 on the WordPress/plugin-check-action repository:
Add tests for the JS part
4 days ago
Merged pull request #564 into WordPress/plugin-check-action:
Add Vitest unit tests for JS parsing, formatting, and utility logic
4 days ago
Closed issue #570 on the WordPress/plugin-check-action repository:
Update nick-fields/retry to v4 to avoid Node.js 20 deprecation warning
4 days ago
Closed pull request #571 on WordPress/plugin-check-action:
Update `nick-fields/retry` to v4 in `Start wp-env`
4 days ago
Merged pull request #244 into wp-cli/.github:
Bump crate-ci/typos from 1.46.0 to 1.46.1
6 days ago
Closed issue #330 on the wp-cli/core-command repository:
Add `locale` argument to `wp core multisite-install`
1 week ago
Merged pull request #331 into wp-cli/core-command:
Add `--locale` support to `wp core multisite-install` command docs and coverage
1 week ago
Closed issue #52 on the WordPress/agent-skills repository:
Support for Skill Versioning
1 week ago
Merged pull request #558 into WordPress/plugin-check-action:
Bump @typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin from 8.58.1 to 8.59.2
1 week ago
Merged pull request #559 into WordPress/plugin-check-action:
Bump typescript from 6.0.2 to 6.0.3
1 week ago
Mentioned in [14856] on Meta SVN:
wporg-abilities: Enable runtime checks in Plugin Check guide
1 week ago
Closed pull request #636 on wp-cli/handbook:
Add HTTP proxy configuration example
1 week ago
Merged pull request #329 into wp-cli/core-command:
Unconditionally use `get_current_network_id`
2 weeks ago
Merged pull request #560 into WordPress/plugin-check-action:
Bump eslint from 10.2.0 to 10.3.0
2 weeks ago
Merged pull request #561 into WordPress/plugin-check-action:
Bump @types/node from 25.5.2 to 25.6.0
2 weeks ago
Merged pull request #562 into WordPress/plugin-check-action:
Bump @typescript-eslint/parser from 8.58.1 to 8.58.2
2 weeks ago
Merged pull request #556 into WordPress/plugin-check-action:
Bump dependabot/fetch-metadata from 3.0.0 to 3.1.0
2 weeks ago
Merged pull request #557 into WordPress/plugin-check-action:
Bump actions/setup-node from 6.3.0 to 6.4.0
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading ‘length’), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'll take the inactivity here as a sign that the error no longer occurs; marking…
2 weeks ago
Merged pull request #1016 into wp-cli/wp-cli-bundle:
Bump wp-cli/media-command from 2.2.7 to 2.2.8
2 weeks ago
Merged pull request #251 into wp-cli/media-command:
Regenerate README file
2 weeks ago
Closed issue #152 on the wp-cli/media-command repository:
Skip Duplicates
2 weeks ago
Merged pull request #241 into wp-cli/media-command:
Add --skip-duplicates flag to wp media import
2 weeks ago
Merged pull request #1015 into wp-cli/wp-cli-bundle:
Bump wp-cli/entity-command from 2.8.10 to 2.8.11
2 weeks ago
Submitted pull request #329 to wp-cli/core-command:
Unconditionally use `get_current_network_id`
2 weeks ago
Merged pull request #615 into wp-cli/entity-command:
Regenerate README file
2 weeks ago
Closed issue #610 on the wp-cli/entity-command repository:
Commands for erasing and exporting personal data
2 weeks ago
Merged pull request #611 into wp-cli/entity-command:
Add `wp user privacy-request` commands for GDPR personal data management
2 weeks ago
Merged pull request #1009 into wp-cli/wp-cli-bundle:
Bump wp-cli/extension-command from 2.3.2 to 2.3.3
2 weeks ago
Merged pull request #1012 into wp-cli/wp-cli-bundle:
Bump wp-cli/import-command from 2.0.17 to 2.0.18
2 weeks ago
Merged pull request #1011 into wp-cli/wp-cli-bundle:
Bump wp-cli/shell-command from 2.0.17 to 2.0.18
2 weeks ago
Merged pull request #1006 into wp-cli/wp-cli-bundle:
Bump wp-cli/export-command from 2.1.16 to 2.1.17
2 weeks ago
Merged pull request #1010 into wp-cli/wp-cli-bundle:
Bump wp-cli/scaffold-command from 2.5.5 to 2.5.6
2 weeks ago