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Member Since: February 25th, 2008
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
Website: pascalbirchler.com
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 Programs 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

Activity
Plugins
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Translations

Posted a reply to [NSFW] Location of Story after Publishing and Error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
To give you some context, Web Stories are powered by AMP, and one of AMP's…

40 mins ago
Posted a reply to [NSFW] Location of Story after Publishing and Error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@james377 Got it, thanks! Now I know what you mean. I can see the same…

1 hour ago
Posted a reply to embed code, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
HI @aga2442 If you're using the Gutenberg block editor in WordPress, you can embed stories…

1 hour ago
Posted a reply to Web Story is invalid – errors, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey Curtis, a quick update from my side! We've identified this to be an issue…

3 hours ago
Posted a reply to [NSFW] Location of Story after Publishing and Error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @james377, after looking at your image I've tested your story myself in the testing…

6 hours ago
Posted a reply to Web Story is invalid – errors, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Curtis! This appears to be an issue with Search Console's AMP test involved here…

7 hours ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Visitor Analytics, on the site Translate WordPress:
Are you familiar with our guide for de_CH at https://de-ch.wordpress.org/team/handbook/uebersetzungen/?

12 hours ago
Posted a reply to [NSFW] Why isnt my page AMP?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@eriikn Once Web Stories meet the criteria for Google Search, they can be eligible for…

13 hours ago
Posted a reply to Animations Panel Not Showing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@btw1001 If you have any other questions or feedback about the plugin, feel free to…

13 hours ago
Posted a reply to Multy-language support request, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks a lot for your feedback! This is definitely on our radar! Supporting multilingual websites…

13 hours ago
Posted a reply to Page Attachment Issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, This is the correct expected behavior for the current page attachment implementation, as…

13 hours ago
Posted a reply to Title error – it’s empty, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This looks like an issue with Yoast SEO. We'll talk to them to see what…

1 day ago
Posted a reply to Animations Panel Not Showing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, Great observations! While we have spent some time working on animations support, that…

1 day ago
Posted a reply to Unable to Load Stories The response is not a valid JSON response., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey Joey Wanna continue our discussion from https://github.com/google/web-stories-wp/issues/4651 here? I shared some debugging tips at…

1 day ago
Posted a reply to register_rest_route was called incorrectly, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there Even though you happen to see this on a screen associated with the…

1 day ago
Wrote a comment on the post Enhancing image preview: core proposal, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Looks like it!

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Fatal Error Conflicts Caused by Unscoped Namespace of Included Libraries, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Seems like it, yes

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Fatal Error Conflicts Caused by Unscoped Namespace of Included Libraries, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, Thanks for your report. Could you perhaps send this thread to the WP…

3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post New XML Sitemaps Functionality in WordPress 5.5, on the site Make WordPress Core:
There currently isn't, so checking `get_query_var( 'sitemap' )` is probably the easiest way to do…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post New XML Sitemaps Functionality in WordPress 5.5, on the site Make WordPress Core:
The code expects a class that extends the abstract `WP_Sitemaps_Provider` class, so I recommend checking…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post New XML Sitemaps Functionality in WordPress 5.5, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Note that the Codex has been long superseded by https://developer.wordpress.org/. The code reference at https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/…

1 month ago
Closed ticket #51061, in Core Trac:
In WordPress 5.5 the rest_api_init action doesn't work in PHPUnit tests

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Getting AMP errors on Web Stories – Google’s we, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Duplicate support topic: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invalid-element/ Please wait for the new releases of both the Web Stories…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Web Stories Beta Plugin on AMP Standard Mode Issues With Embed, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Width and height are always added in PHP though: https://github.com/google/web-stories-wp/blob/986dedd61d092af8817f65f220ef3a9699897115/includes/Story_Renderer/Embed.php#L61-L91 So not sure why this…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post New XML Sitemaps Functionality in WordPress 5.5, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Plugins like Yoast SEO or others might be disabling the sitemap in favor of their…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post New XML Sitemaps Functionality in WordPress 5.5, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Actually that should already work. If not, please file a bug on Trac.

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post New XML Sitemaps Functionality in WordPress 5.5, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Without any concrete code example or URL it's impossible to know what's going wrong. I…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post New XML Sitemaps Functionality in WordPress 5.5, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Yoast SEO disables the core sitemap in favor of their own solution. If Yoast SEO…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post New XML Sitemaps Functionality in WordPress 5.5, on the site Make WordPress Core:
WordPress does that automatically for you already

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post New XML Sitemaps Functionality in WordPress 5.5, on the site Make WordPress Core:
The blog post gives you an example already for disabling the users sitemap...

1 month ago
Posted a reply to APM plugin doesn’t recognize curl/dom?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
On many hosting platforms, curl or other extensions are installed, but some of the extension's…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 5.6: What’s on your wishlist?, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Off the top of my head: - webp support - svg support - two factor…

1 month ago
Committed [2357276] to Plugins Trac:
Tagging version 0.4.3

1 month ago
Committed [2357274] to Plugins Trac:
Version 0.4.3

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Merge Announcement: Extensible Core Sitemaps, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Do you have a timeline for this? Are you planning on natively adding those sitemaps…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Link Struktur, on the site Support-Foren:
Ah, du meinst Breadcrumbs! So nennt man diese Funktion. Sieht so aus als hätte Divi…

2 months ago
Closed ticket #50752, in Core Trac:
Internationalization of a slug using user language instead of site language

2 months ago
Posted a reply to trailing en following Â, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there You are not using our AMP plugin. Instead, you are using a plugin…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post New XML Sitemaps Functionality in WordPress 5.5, on the site Make WordPress Core:
It's about overriding the default behavior of the functionality in general, but I get what…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post New XML Sitemaps Functionality in WordPress 5.5, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Use `wp_sitemaps_get_server()->sitemaps_enabled()`

2 months ago
Wrote a new post, New XML Sitemaps Functionality in WordPress 5.5, on the site Make WordPress Core:
In WordPress 5.5, a new feature is being introduced that adds basic, extensible XML sitemaps…

2 months ago
Closed ticket #50660, in Core Trac:
Not all sitemaps providers can be filtered

2 months ago
Committed [48543] to Core Trac:
Sitemaps: Replace `wp_sitemaps_register_providers` filter with more ...

2 months ago
Committed [48540] to Core Trac:
Sitemaps: Rename `wp_get_sitemaps()` to `wp_get_sitemaps_providers()` ...

2 months ago
Wrote a new post, New esc_xml() function in WordPress 5.5, on the site Make WordPress Core:
As part of the development for the new XML Sitemaps feature in WordPress 5.5, a…

2 months ago
Created a new ticket, #50724, in Core Trac:
Sitemaps: rename 'sitemap' to 'provider' in registry class

2 months ago
Closed ticket #50666, in Core Trac:
Size limit not correctly applied for sitemaps index

2 months ago
Committed [48532] to Core Trac:
Sitemaps: Correctly enforce maximum number of sitemaps in index. ...

2 months ago
Closed ticket #50717, in Core Trac:
rest_no_routes with PHP 7.3

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Hello Polyglots, I am the…, on the site Translate WordPress:
We cannot really delete language packs. If you host your plugin on the WordPress.org plugin…

2 months ago

Developer

AMP

Active Installs: 500,000+
Core Sitemaps

Active Installs: 200+
Disable Embeds

Active Installs: 20,000+
Preferred Languages

Active Installs: 1,000+
Voice Search

Active Installs: 200+

Contributor

Admin Footer Version (rebranded)

Active Installs: Less than 10
Admin Menu Manager

Active Installs: 1,000+
Digest Notifications

Active Installs: 50+
Feed Post Thumbnail

Active Installs: 1,000+
GlotPress

Active Installs: 600+
Shiny Updates

Active Installs: 100+
Team List

Active Installs: 300+
User Feedback

Active Installs: 100+
Widget Disable

Active Installs: 10,000+

Support Rep

PWA

Active Installs: 30,000+
Site Kit by Google

Active Installs: 700,000+

Plugins

Themes

General Translation Editor

Deutsch (German) Plugins Translation Editor - #de_DE

Admin Menu Manager

Active Installs: 1,000+
aleno Restaurant Reservations

Active Installs: 30+
AMP

Active Installs: 500,000+
Yoast Breadcrumbs

Active Installs: 10,000+
Clicky by Yoast

Active Installs: 20,000+
Core Sitemaps

Active Installs: 200+
Digest Notifications

Active Installs: 50+
Enhanced WP Contact Form

Active Installs: 1,000+
Feature Policy

Active Installs: 200+
Google Cloud Storage plugin

Active Installs: 900+
Glue for Yoast SEO & AMP

Active Installs: 80,000+
Site Kit by Google

Active Installs: 700,000+
Native Lazyload

Active Installs: 10,000+
Preferred Languages

Active Installs: 1,000+
Print, PDF, Email by PrintFriendly

Active Installs: 40,000+
PWA

Active Installs: 30,000+
Quicklink for WordPress

Active Installs: 1,000+
Reporting API

Active Installs: 30+
Safe Redirect Manager

Active Installs: 50,000+
SlideShare for WordPress by Yoast

Active Installs: 10,000+
User Feedback

Active Installs: 100+
Yoast SEO

Active Installs: 5+ million
Feed Post Thumbnail

Active Installs: 1,000+
Team List

Active Installs: 300+
Widget Disable

Active Installs: 10,000+
Yoast Comment Hacks

Active Installs: 2,000+

Deutsch (Österreich) (German (Austria)) Plugins Translation Editor - #de_AT

AMP

Active Installs: 500,000+
Core Sitemaps

Active Installs: 200+
Feature Policy

Active Installs: 200+
Native Lazyload

Active Installs: 10,000+
Preferred Languages

Active Installs: 1,000+
PWA

Active Installs: 30,000+
Reporting API

Active Installs: 30+
Sitekit

Active Installs: 1,000+

Deutsch (Schweiz) (German (Switzerland)) Translation Contributor - #de_CH

WordPress Theme Directory, PI Button, AccessPress Social Login Lite – Social Login WordPress Plugin, Affiliates Manager, Akismet Anti-Spam, AMP, AnsPress – Question and answer, BuddyPress, Button Builder – Buttons X, Contact Form to DB by BestWebSoft, Core Sitemaps, WordPress Calls to Action, Custom Search by BestWebSoft, Digest Notifications, Disable Comments, Disable Privacy Tools, Download Attachments, Easy Property Listings, Easy Retweet, Easy SwipeBox, FPW Category Thumbnails, Frontier Query, Business Directory Plugin | GeoDirectory, MainWP Dashboard – The WordPress Manager for Professional Website Maintenance, MB Custom Post Type, Media from FTP, Multilanguage by BestWebSoft, NinjaFirewall (WP Edition) – Advanced Security, PDF & Print by BestWebSoft, Podlove Podcast Publisher, Preferred Languages, Pressbooks, Gator Forms: the WordPress Contact Form with bite!, Simple Newsletter, Slimpack - Lightweight Jetpack, Client Invoicing by Sprout Invoices – Easy Estimates and Invoices for WordPress, Stream, Strong Testimonials, Subscriber by BestWebSoft, Syntax-highlighting Code Block (with Server-side Rendering), Tajer, Updater by BestWebSoft, User Role by BestWebSoft, WebMan Amplifier, WooCommerce PDF Invoices, Backup and Restore WordPress – Backup Plugin, WP Club Manager – WordPress Sports Club Plugin, Event Management, Events Calendar, RSVP Event Tickets Plugin, WP Latest Posts, WP Meta SEO, Widget Disable, WPMovieLibrary, WPtouch, Youneeq Recommendations, Zibbra, Aladdin, BluePrintQ Draft, Curtains, evolve, Mesmerize, Modulus, Outliner, Plain WP, raindrops, SG Window, Stained Glass, Uniq, Wallow, Waves, WordPress 4.2.x, WordPress 4.3.x, WordPress 4.4.x, WordPress 4.5.x, WordPress 4.6.x, WordPress 4.7.x, WordPress 4.8.x, WordPress 4.9.x, WordPress 5.0.x, WordPress 5.1.x, WordPress 5.2.x, WordPress 5.3.x, and WordPress 5.5.x - Development

Deutsch (German) Translation Contributor - #de_DE

WordPress Theme Directory, Admin Menu Manager, Ads.txt Manager, aleno Restaurant Reservations, AMP, Antispam Bee, bbPress, BRAD, Cloud Blocks, Comment Popularity, Core Sitemaps, Digest Notifications, Feature Policy, Google Analytics Dashboard Plugin for WordPress by MonsterInsights, Site Kit by Google, Restaurant Menu by MotoPress, Timetable and Event Schedule by MotoPress, Nelio AB Testing, PHP Compatibility Checker, Preferred Languages, PWA, Reporting API, Safe Redirect Manager, TP2WP Importer, Two-Factor, User Feedback, WooSidebars, WordPress Importer, WP Super Cache, Widget Disable, Categories to Tags Converter, WordPress 4.4.x, WordPress 4.5.x, WordPress 4.6.x, WordPress 4.7.x, WordPress 4.8.x, WordPress 4.9.x, WordPress 5.0.x, WordPress 5.1.x, WordPress 5.2.x, WordPress 5.3.x, and WordPress 5.5.x - Development

Rumantsch (Romansh) Translation Contributor - #roh

Browse Happy, Forums, o2, P2 "Breathe", WordPress Plugin Directory, Rosetta, WordPress Theme Directory, WordCamp.org, WordPress.org, Jetpack by WordPress.com, Polylang, Preferred Languages, Twenty Nineteen, Twenty Seventeen, WordPress 4.7.x, WordPress 4.8.x, WordPress 4.9.x, WordPress 5.0.x, WordPress 5.1.x, WordPress 5.2.x, WordPress 5.3.x, and WordPress 5.5.x - Development

Deutsch (Schweiz, Du) (German (Switzerland, Informal)) Translation Contributor - #de_CH_informal

aleno Restaurant Reservations, AMP, Core Sitemaps, Digest Notifications, Disable Privacy Tools, Preferred Languages, Syntax-highlighting Code Block (with Server-side Rendering), Yoast SEO, WP GDPR Cookie Notice, Widget Disable, Mesmerize, WordPress 5.0.x, WordPress 5.1.x, WordPress 5.2.x, WordPress 5.3.x, and WordPress 5.5.x - Development

Deutsch (Sie) (German (Formal)) Translation Contributor - #de_DE_formal

Akismet Anti-Spam, AMP, AntiVirus, Core Sitemaps, Digest Notifications, Preferred Languages, Statify, User Feedback, and Widget Disable

🌏🌍🌎 (Emoji) (Emoji) Translation Contributor - #art_xemoji

Admin Menu Manager and Preferred Languages

Deutsch (Österreich) (German (Austria)) Translation Contributor - #de_AT

AMP and Core Sitemaps

Español (Spanish (Spain)) Translation Contributor - #es_ES

AntiVirus and Preferred Languages

Italiano (Italian) Translation Contributor - #it_IT

Preferred Languages and Team List

English (Australia) Translation Contributor - #en_AU

Preferred Languages

English (Canada) Translation Contributor - #en_CA

English (UK) Translation Contributor - #en_GB

English (New Zealand) Translation Contributor - #en_NZ

Preferred Languages

English (South Africa) Translation Contributor - #en_ZA

Preferred Languages

Français (French (France)) Translation Contributor - #fr_FR

Nederlands (Dutch) Translation Contributor - #nl_NL