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Member Since: February 25th, 2008
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
Website: pascalbirchler.com
GitHub: swissspidy
Job Title: Developer Programs Engineer
Employer: Google
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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, Social Media, 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.

Contributions Sponsored

Pascal Birchler contributes 6 hours per week to the following teams: CLI, Core, Polyglots.

Contribution History

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

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Posted a reply to Second GA code, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
FWIW, using add_action('web_stories_print_analytics', function() { ... }) would be correct. Just make sure your <amp-analytics>…

13 hours ago
Posted a reply to Web Stories, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
As mentioned in the other thread, Yoast SEO is again facing several issues with breadcrumbs…

18 hours ago
Posted a reply to Webstories breadcrumbs issue reopened, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @melissassk, It looks like Yoast SEO is again facing several issues with breadcrumbs, see…

20 hours ago
Posted a reply to Google webstories breadcrumb issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Heya, It looks like Yoast SEO is again facing several issues with breadcrumbs, see https://github.com/Yoast/wordpress-seo/issues/17175…

20 hours ago
Posted a reply to Elements Missing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
So far I have only reproduced the issue with the "Whoosh in" animation, not sure…

2 days ago
Posted a reply to Elements Missing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, Thanks for your report! I see that you are using certain animations on…

2 days ago
Posted a reply to Images no longer showing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Which plugin are you using to store your images externally like this?

2 days ago
Committed [2549175] to Plugins Trac:
Releasing version 1.8.0

1 week ago
Committed [2549173] to Plugins Trac:
Committing version 1.8.0

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Page Loading Issues: VTT files and Analytics Issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, Adding captions to videos is a best practice to help readers better understand…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Custom HTML, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That's good to know, thanks. Adding custom ads without using the dedicated integration points will…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Fuzzy images, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks a lot for your report! Technically, everything looks good with the image. From what…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Pulling Favicon instead of Logo, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for your feedback & for checking again. I was just informed now that there's…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Custom HTML, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, Thanks for your question. Adding custom HTML is currently not supported through the…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Animated text not appearing on stories in Desktop view after update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Glad to hear that! This incompatibility with the "Reduce Motion" functionality will be fixed in…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Layers, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Note that you can increase the height of the layers panel by dragging up and…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Pulling Favicon instead of Logo, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Is this happening on iOS or Android?

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to What do these errors mean?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for reaching out! This cryptic error is a known issue in the editor where…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Corner Radius Not Working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Work is currently underway on this (follow this ticket for updates) and it should be…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Sharp decline in Web Traffic despite installing the mini plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for reaching out about this. How long it takes for Google to crawl and…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to How to specify “item name”?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I just ran your latest stories through the test tool at https://search.google.com/test/amp and they all…

3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for [Site Kit by Google] plugins zh_CN, on the site Translate WordPress:
We regularly provide translations and review community suggestions for our plugins. There are some localization…

3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for [Site Kit by Google] plugins zh_CN, on the site Translate WordPress:
For which plugin did they suggest translations for? That might help clarify.

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to After updating stories, alert pops up – “Failed to save the story”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If the saving actually works but you still get the pop-up, this definitely sounds like…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Black background in google news when clicked, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
So far I have been unable to reproduce the issue with the black background when…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Background Sound Option, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks a lot for your feedback, it's highly appreciated! Adding background audio like this is…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Not a valid Web Story, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I totally understand that! This is why we have added this automation in the first…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Not a valid Web Story, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@thehangrychickpea I was referring to video posters, not the story poster image. The story poster…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to How to specify “item name”?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @jess2716 The only error remaining with your stories is the one caused by Gravity…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Web story ”Video failed to play”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes, at the moment this only happens when you drag & drop directly into the…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Web story ”Video failed to play”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I can reproduce the issue also with the newest Safari version on a Mac, so…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Web story ”Video failed to play”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, Thanks for reaching out! There seems to be an issue with the exact…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to exit button, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks a lot for elaborating, now I understand it better! Unfortunately what you are looking…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Known Issue: ‘script amp-onerror’, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi everyone, quick update! The issue has been resolved on the validator side, but it…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Not a valid Web Story, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@thehangrychickpea Looking at your most recent stories, there seem to be lots of videos with…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Duplication Issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@indiatrotter That "Duplicate This" link in your screenshot is added by a plugin of yours.…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Known Issue: ‘script amp-onerror’, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks everyone chiming so far, really appreciate the feedback! Unfortunately this specific issue wasn't caught…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Debug issues, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, Thanks for reaching out! At first glance I see two issues with your…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Duplication Issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, Are you duplicating stories through the Web Stories dashboard (see screenshot below) or…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Plugin does not load, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@buzztify Based on the previous messages, my understanding was that you've found your theme to…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Video Caption and subtitle, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, Video captions use the VTT file format. There's a handy site at https://www.vtt-creator.com/…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to How to customize share options?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, There's a PHP filter web_stories_share_providers that allows customizing the list of sharing providers…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Not a valid Web Story, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Quick update, there is apparently also a recent change in the AMP validator that causes…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to [Bug] story esta fixo na head do site, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, You can disable Web Stories from appearing in that position by going to…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to PHP Fatal error in web-stories/includes/Integrations/AMP.php:259, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Seems like we should be able to add some hardening for this case in our…

4 weeks ago
Closed ticket #53273, in Core Trac:
need to update sodium_compat, please refer the github issue link on ...

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Analytics of Stories, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Not yet! But this is something we are looking into supporting, for example through the…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to After updating stories, content is lost in backend (still shows in frontend), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That's an interesting answer, given that the post_content_column is a native WordPress core component. I…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Not a valid Web Story, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The issue is that their solution is inserting custom JavaScript, which is not allowed in…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Not a valid Web Story, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, Thanks for reaching out! The offending piece in the source code is referring…

1 month ago

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Clicky by Yoast

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