Pascal Birchler
@swissspidy on WordPress.org and Slack
Bio
Interests
WordPress Origin Story
Contributions Sponsored
- Member Since: February 25th, 2008
- Location: Zurich, Switzerland
- Website: pascalbirchler.com
- GitHub: swissspidy
- Job Title: Developer Relations Engineer
- Employer: Google
Contribution History
Pascal Birchler’s badges:- Core Contributor
- Core Performance Contributor
- Core Performance Team
- Core Team
- Documentation Contributor
- Meetup Organizer
- Meta Contributor
- Plugin Developer
- Security Contributor
- Security Team
- Translation Contributor
- Translation Editor
- WordCamp Organizer
- WordCamp Speaker
- WP-CLI Contributor
- WP-CLI Team
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Mentioned in [58022] on Core SVN:
Upgrade/Install: Validate source & destination values in `WP_Ugrader`. -
Closed issue #171 on the WordPress/performance repository:
Improve performance on localization file parsing -
Mentioned in [58010] on Core SVN:
HTML API: Validate HTML Processor against external test suite from html5lib. -
Created issue #1149 in the WordPress/performance repository:
Server-Timing: Add in REST API -
Closed issue #1141 on the WordPress/performance repository:
WooCommerce "Remove from cart" links are prefetched/preloaded in Speculative Loading -
Merged pull request #1143 into WordPress/performance:
Exclude _wpnonce URLs in speculation rules -
Closed issue #1140 on the WordPress/performance repository:
Products added to cart in WooCommerce without clicking on Add to Cart... -
Closed issue #1131 on the WordPress/performance repository:
Settings link missing from Speculative Loading plugin row actions -
Merged pull request #1145 into WordPress/performance:
Add settings link to Speculative Loading plugin action links -
Merged pull request #437 into wp-cli/wp-cli.github.com:
Update latest changes to 2.10 (ja) -
Posted a reply to Using it on several sites for several months – can’t see any difference, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The plugin is useful on any type of hosting. Please note that the majority of… -
Merged pull request #333 into wp-cli/scaffold-command:
Regenerate README file -
Committed [3069805] to Plugins SVN:
Update to version 1.2.0 from GitHub -
Committed [3069794] to Plugins SVN:
Updating readme/assets from GitHub -
Closed pull request #6159 on WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Fix several typos and spelling mistakes for 6.6 -
Committed [57988] to Core SVN:
Docs: Revert unintended `svn:ignore` change after [57987]. See #60699. -
Committed [57987] to Core SVN:
Docs: Fix various typos and spelling mistakes. Props swissspidy, ... -
Joined the organizing team for WordCamp Europe 2024
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Merged pull request #332 into wp-cli/scaffold-command:
Update trunk test to require PHP 7.2 -
Merged pull request #257 into wp-cli/core-command:
Update trunk test to require PHP 7.2 -
Pushed 1 commit to wp-cli/.github:
Continue on error for PHP 8.4 in functional tests -
Submitted pull request #257 to wp-cli/core-command:
Update trunk test to require PHP 7.2 -
Submitted pull request #332 to wp-cli/scaffold-command:
Update trunk test to require PHP 7.2 -
Merged pull request #5929 into wp-cli/wp-cli:
Minor docblock improvements -
Merged pull request #98 into wp-cli/.github:
Bump adrianjost/files-sync-action from 2.0.4 to 2.1.0 -
Merged pull request #99 into wp-cli/.github:
Test WordPress trunk on PHP 7.2+ -
Submitted pull request #99 to wp-cli/.github:
Test WordPress trunk on PHP 7.2+ -
Closed issue #235 on the wp-cli/scaffold-package-command repository:
`behat.yml` file missing after package scaffolding -
Merged pull request #240 into wp-cli/scaffold-package-command:
Add behat file in the list of files to be copied scaffolding... -
Posted a reply to GSC says invalid; AMP test says it’s valid, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That sounds plausible. Usually Cloudflare has some settings to disable certain features for certain URL… -
Posted a reply to How to insert videos from youtube, tiktok, facebook to webstory?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
From what I can see, the AdSense code has been accurately configured into your stories.… -
Posted a reply to How to insert videos from youtube, tiktok, facebook to webstory?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks. As I suspected, it unfortunately does not look like it's possible to embed Google… -
Posted a reply to How to insert videos from youtube, tiktok, facebook to webstory?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
What's the image URL you tried to use? Can you share the link to the… -
Posted a reply to How to insert videos from youtube, tiktok, facebook to webstory?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You can either upload images to your site or insert an external image by URL… -
Posted a reply to GSC says invalid; AMP test says it’s valid, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You might be using a plugin or so that serves Google different content than your… -
Posted a reply to how remove blakish effect on image of story grid, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, You can use custom CSS such as .web-stories-list__story-poster::after { display: none; } to… -
Posted a reply to Troubleshooting Slow Editing Times on Web Stories: Seeking Solutions and Identif, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Does this still happen with the latest version (1.36.0) and with all other plugins disabled?… -
Posted a reply to Error in option to order stories in window (in Block Editor), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I see now what you mean! The sort option is indeed not working as intended.… -
Posted a reply to Show story description (or other content) in RSS feed, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, you're right, the RSS feed by default only shows the story poster image… -
Closed pull request #6372 on WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Script Loader: remove now unnecessary polyfill dependencies -
Closed ticket #60962 on Core Trac:
Remove now unnecessary polyfill dependencies -
Committed [57981] to Core SVN:
Script Loader: stop enqueueing some now obsolete polyfills. Stop ... -
Committed [3068523] to Plugins SVN:
Releasing version 1.36.0 -
Committed [3068522] to Plugins SVN:
Tagging version 1.36.0 -
Committed [3068521] to Plugins SVN:
Committing version 1.36.0 -
Posted a reply to How to insert videos from youtube, tiktok, facebook to webstory?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
External embeds, such as YouTube or TikTok videos, are not supported in Web Stories. Only… -
Created ticket #60970 on Core Trac:
Remove importmap polyfill -
Submitted pull request #6372 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Script Loader: remove now unnecessary polyfill dependencies -
Pull request #453 merged into WordPress/plugin-check:
Fix fatal error introduced in #449 -
Merged pull request #1117 into WordPress/performance:
Update GitHub actions dependency
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