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 30 hours per week to the following teams: CLI, Core, Core Performance, 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 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 #335 into WordPress/plugin-check-action:
Bump @types/node from 22.15.17 to 22.15.19
2 hours ago
Merged pull request #333 into WordPress/plugin-check-action:
Bump @typescript-eslint/parser from 8.32.0 to 8.32.1
2 hours ago
Merged pull request #336 into WordPress/plugin-check-action:
Bump @typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin from 8.32.0 to 8.32.1
2 hours ago
Merged pull request #334 into WordPress/plugin-check-action:
Bump @eslint/js from 9.26.0 to 9.27.0
2 hours ago
Merged pull request #332 into WordPress/plugin-check-action:
Bump eslint from 9.26.0 to 9.27.0
2 hours ago
Closed issue #70153 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Embed Block: WordPress Embed Block accessibility issue
5 hours ago
Submitted pull request #134 to wp-cli/.github:
Add spellcheck GitHub Action
24 hours ago
Submitted pull request #536 to wp-cli/entity-command:
PHPStan level 6
1 day ago
Submitted pull request #453 to wp-cli/extension-command:
PHPStan level 9
1 day ago
Closed issue #6087 on the wp-cli/wp-cli repository:
Re-Add roave/security-advisories after PHP requirement bump
2 days ago
Merged pull request #6093 into wp-cli/wp-cli:
Require PHP 7.2.24+
2 days ago
Closed pull request #209 on wp-cli/wp-cli-tests:
Add prepare-tests info
2 days ago
Submitted pull request #261 to wp-cli/wp-cli-tests:
Add prepare-tests info
2 days ago
Closed issue #172 on the wp-cli/wp-cli-tests repository:
Add linting for Behat feature files
2 days ago
Pushed 1 commit to wp-cli/.github:
Migrate PHPUnit configuration for PHPUnit 11 & 12 also
2 days ago
Submitted pull request #260 to wp-cli/wp-cli-tests:
Use PHPUnit Polyfills v4
2 days ago
Created issue #259 in the wp-cli/wp-cli-tests repository:
Using deprecated `CallTimePassByReference` sniff
2 days ago
Submitted pull request #202 to wp-cli/package-command:
Use Packagist V2 Metadata API
3 days ago
Posted a reply to Plugin Working with limitation., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Aha 💡 Then I misunderstood. I noticed that the microphone button was completely absent when…
3 days ago
Posted a reply to Plugin Working with limitation., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Whoops, looks like I messed something up. There's now a 1.4.2 release!
3 days ago
Committed [3294937] to Plugins SVN:
Update to version 1.4.2 from GitHub
3 days ago
Merged pull request #353 into wp-cli/scaffold-command:
Adds ABSPATH check in plugin.mustache file
3 days ago
Merged pull request #763 into wp-cli/wp-cli-bundle:
Update wp-cli framework
3 days ago
Posted a reply to Plugin Working with limitation., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Awaiting for version 1.4.1 to update and test. The new version is actually already out, in…
3 days ago
Submitted pull request #6096 to wp-cli/wp-cli:
PHPStan level 9
3 days ago
Closed issue #203 on the wp-cli/wp-cli-tests repository:
Add PHPStan support
3 days ago
Merged pull request #258 into wp-cli/wp-cli-tests:
Add initial PHPStan configuration
3 days ago
Merged pull request #132 into wp-cli/.github:
Add PHPStan workflow job
3 days ago
Merged pull request #133 into wp-cli/.github:
Bump codecov/codecov-action from 5.4.2 to 5.4.3
3 days ago
Submitted pull request #132 to wp-cli/.github:
Add PHPStan workflow job
4 days ago
Submitted pull request #258 to wp-cli/wp-cli-tests:
Add initial PHPStan configuration
4 days ago
Posted a reply to Web Stories not appear on Desktop and appear on Mobile, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This should now be resolved in the newly released version 1.42.0. Thanks again!
4 days ago
Posted a reply to Closing and Next Buttons Missing After Plugin Update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the reminder, we just published version 1.42.0 now! :)
4 days ago
Committed [3294174] to Plugins SVN:
Releasing version 1.42.0
4 days ago
Committed [3294172] to Plugins SVN:
Tagging version 1.42.0
4 days ago
Committed [3294170] to Plugins SVN:
Committing version 1.42.0
4 days ago
Merged pull request #438 into wp-cli/wp-cli.github.com:
slightly update ja/index.md
4 days ago
Posted a reply to Plugin Working with limitation., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
So I've actually been testing this now already and the new version 1.4.1 should work…
4 days ago
Committed [3294131] to Plugins SVN:
Add missing folder
4 days ago
Committed [3294124] to Plugins SVN:
Update to version 1.4.1 from GitHub
4 days ago
Committed [3294115] to Plugins SVN:
Revert unintended changes
4 days ago
Committed [3294112] to Plugins SVN:
Revert unintended changes
4 days ago
Committed [3294101] to Plugins SVN:
Updating readme/assets from GitHub
4 days ago
Committed [3294098] to Plugins SVN:
Update to version 1.4.1 from GitHub
4 days ago
Posted a reply to Plugin Working with limitation., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, Thanks for reaching out. To clarify, is https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-woo-search/ the plugin you are using?…
4 days ago
Closed issue #452 on the wp-cli/extension-command repository:
Plugin install fails: Warning: The package could not be installed. "PCLZIP_ERR_BAD_FORMAT (-10)...
5 days ago
Mentioned in [60236] on Core SVN:
Docs: Declare the object shapes for some return values.
5 days ago
Closed issue #923 on the WordPress/plugin-check repository:
Error total count
5 days ago
Submitted pull request #443 to wp-cli/i18n-command:
Use newer versions of blade & gettext
5 days ago
Merged pull request #62 into wp-cli/wp-cli-dev:
Require PHP 7.2.24+
6 days ago