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Pascal Birchler

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

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Bio/Description

Web developer with lots of ideas. WordPress Core Committer. Founder of wptalents.com. Former co-organizer of WordCamp Switzerland.

Interests

Entrepreneurship, Social Media, Web Development, WordPress, Movies

WordPress Origin Story

Began blogging as a 12-year-old back in 2006. Started blogging about WordPress in 2008. Began organizing WordCamps and local meetups. Fell in love with the community.

Created a new ticket, #38157, in Core Trac:
Add tests for get_post_type_labels()

1 day ago
Created a new ticket, #38147, in Core Trac:
Add sprintf.js library to WordPress

4 days ago
Posted a reply to Blocked my Adsense ads, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey there, Thanks for your report. This plugin only removes stuff that is related to…

4 days ago
Reopened ticket #34113, in Core Trac:
Add a 'View Archive' link to admin bar for post types.

6 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post Hello Polyglots I am the author of the…, on the site Translate WordPress:
Done for de_CH

6 days ago
Committed [38634] to Core Trac:
Toolbar: Add a 'View Posts' link to the toolbar when on the post listing ...

6 days ago
Created a new ticket, #38098, in Core Trac:
Use common naming for context switching functions / classes

1 week ago
Closed ticket #35788, in Core Trac:
Plugin Editor wrong selected option when file selected

1 week ago
Closed ticket #38075, in Core Trac:
Unsual update at media upload.

2 weeks ago
Created a new ticket, #38073, in Core Trac:
Goodbye wp_reset_vars()

2 weeks ago
Committed [38613] to Core Trac:
Menus: Use strict comparison for the condition added in [38612]. See ...

2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Dev Chat Agenda for September 14 (4.7 week 4), on the site Make WordPress Core:
I might not be able to attend today's dev chat, so here's an update on…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Using override_load_textdomain in my plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey Guido, What you do get when you do var_dump( $mofile ) and var_dump( load_textdomain(…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to How do I disable just wordpress feature but not my theme style, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Oh, sure. You can either put this into your theme's functions.php file or — preferably…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Not receiving supplied User Info, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Quick status update: we're getting there! There aren't many open issues left. Let me know…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Prevented theme update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey there, Thanks for your report. Were there any problems with other updates? It's possible…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to v2.0?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
We're currently addressing some annoying little bugs as well as backwards compatibility and documentation improvements.…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Disable post slug change, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@webmaster808 That is correct. The suggestion was to remove this behaviour to allow pages with…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to How do I disable just wordpress feature but not my theme style, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey there, What you see in these screenshots is absolutely correct and hasn't much to…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Using override_load_textdomain in my plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sure. Here's an untested snippet to demonstrate how it works: function wporg_forums_override_load_textdomain($override, $domain ) {…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Using override_load_textdomain in my plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
override_load_textdomain is the filter you'd want to use. Create a function that hooks into override_load_textdomain…

3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post WP_Hook: Next Generation Actions and Filters, on the site Make WordPress Core:
All available hooks are documented on https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/

3 weeks ago
Committed [1490726] to Plugins Trac:
Update 'Tested up to' value

3 weeks ago
Committed [1490723] to Plugins Trac:
Update 'Tested up to' value

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Fatal error upon activation, on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Hey there, Good news! This has been fixed in WP Widget Disable 1.6.0. It turned…

4 weeks ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Nederland 2016 coming up on October 14th

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to As an oEmbed provider, how can I vend a left-floating embed?, on the site WordPress Support Forums:
In that case I'd recommend opening a ticket on Trac for adding the oEmbed provider…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to As an oEmbed provider, how can I vend a left-floating embed?, on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Hey there, I'm one of the maintainers of the embeds component in WordPress and I'm…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to plugin doesn't work after update, on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Great to hear everything is working fine then :-)

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to plugin doesn't work after update, on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Hey Astrid, Thanks for your report! That is really unfortunate news. Are you referring to…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post I18N Improvements in 4.6, on the site Make WordPress Core:
This is probably best asked in the support forums, but here's a quick answer: Create…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to v2.0?, on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Hey Mickey, Thanks for asking! I know that many people are waiting for version 2.0.…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 4.7: What’s on your mind?, on the site Make WordPress Core:
You might want to check out https://github.com/danielbachhuber/dictator in the meantime

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 4.7: What’s on your mind?, on the site Make WordPress Core:
That's on my list for shiny updates, see https://github.com/obenland/shiny-updates/issues/292. When activation fails after an update,…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 4.7: What’s on your mind?, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Maybe we can improve some parts of this with Shiny Updates V3. I'll keep it…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 4.7: What’s on your mind?, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Let's say I write a post today and the date gets stored in UTC. MY…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 4.7: What’s on your mind?, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Noted! https://github.com/obenland/shiny-updates/issues/288

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 4.7: What’s on your mind?, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I'm sorry, I should have explained my thoughts better. That's definitely not what I'm saying…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to I set up WordPress blog this morning, but I never got a confirm email ?, on the site WordPress Support Forums:
There were some changes to how wp_mail works in 4.6, see #37725. In addition to…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to site stop sending email, on the site WordPress Support Forums:
In addition to that, what's the domain & name of your site? This would help…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Included with 4.6?, on the site WordPress Support Forums:
No problem, always happy to help! Yes, you can certainly do that. Shiny Updates now…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to wordpress error after update 4.6, on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Hey there, Does the error still happen with all plugins deactivated? I really wouldn't recommend…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to 4.6–en_AU Blog Posts summarizing without (read more) links, on the site WordPress Support Forums:
By default WordPress displays [...] at the end of excerpts, no link. Themes might change…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to site stop sending email, on the site WordPress Support Forums:
wp_weu_user_notification is not a table that belongs to WordPress core. PHP Warning: array_push() expects parameter…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Shiny (Streamlined) Updates, on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Hey everyone, For some clarification: Yes, the streamlined updates part has to do with the…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Included with 4.6?, on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Hey Sean, Yes, the majority of what we've worked on is now included in WordPress…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Release Leads: Call for Volunteers, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I'd be honored to lead a release, though I have to finish my studies first…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 4.7: What’s on your mind?, on the site Make WordPress Core:
One thing that I learned is that storing the timezone information for dates is very…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to "ppp_nonce_life" filter not working for 7 days, on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Can you tell us where you added this code?

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 4.7: What’s on your mind?, on the site Make WordPress Core:
No worries, that's pretty high up on my list of things to fix :-)

1 month ago

Admin Menu Manager

Active Installs: 1,000+
Digest Notifications

Active Installs: 50+
Disable Embeds

Active Installs: 5,000+
Keep My Theme

Active Installs: Less than 10
Shiny Updates

Active Installs: 1,000+
Simple User Adding

Active Installs: 20+
User Feedback

Active Installs: 100+
Voice Search

Active Installs: 100+
WP Feed Post Thumbnail

Active Installs: 200+
WP Team List

Active Installs: 100+
WP Widget Disable

Active Installs: 800+

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