Pascal Birchler
@swissspidy on WordPress.org and Slack
- Member Since: February 25th, 2008
- Location: Zurich, Switzerland
- Website: pascalbirchler.com
- Job Title: Developer Programs Engineer
- Employer: Google
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Pascal Birchler’s badges:- 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 Plugin not loading on website with version 1.6.0, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Denis, The new video optimization feature in version 1.6.0 of the plugin requires a…7 days ago
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Posted a reply to translation of an inscription, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, Could you elaborate on which text you would like to translate?7 days ago
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Posted a reply to .gif support is broken, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, Thanks a lot for reaching out! This is unfortunately a known issue with…7 days ago
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Committed [2514392] to Plugins Trac:
Releasing version 1.6.01 week ago
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Committed [2514391] to Plugins Trac:
Committing version 1.6.01 week ago
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Posted a reply to Invalid Stories due to i-amphtml-version, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
> However, since it started happening 2 days ago while the plugin hadn’t changed at…2 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to 35K AMP Erros from webstories, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@thenewsvoice Where are you seeing these errors? Could you perhaps share a link to an…2 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Invalid Stories due to i-amphtml-version, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi folks, Thanks for your reports. We generally advise to never ever directly edit plugin…2 weeks ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Full Site Editing Scope for WP5.8, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Thanks for sharing! One area I‘m particular interested in is i18n and l10n. I helped…2 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to RSS Feed for web stories, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Please note that this RSS feed is generated by WordPress, not the Web Stories plugin.…3 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Query the stories, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for sharing the video, very helpful! I do think you should really be considering…3 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to RSS Feed for web stories, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Note that WordPress will always generate a stories-only feed, you can find it at https://thenewsvoice.com/web-stories/feed/.3 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Copy Story to another instance, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Heya, So all the Web Stories data is stored in a custom web-story post type,…3 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to WP-CLI Preferred-Languahes, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Mauricio, The preferred languages list is stored in wp_options (for the site language) or…3 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to wp query, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@marcohdzdva For next time, please open a new topic with your question as this one…4 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Problem using wp.i18n in frontend scripts, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
By doing const { __, _x, _n, _nx } = wp.i18n; in the global scope…4 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Captions on video with no audio?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I just created a ticket for us to consider not showing the message if a…4 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to WP video files not appearing in image browser, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Good to know, thanks! Just to clarify, with "media browser" you are referring to the…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to Query the stories, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Well, what kind of markup do you need, how do you want to display the…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to Events for Web Stories, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
> Is there any detailed documentation for the envets? And only story-page-visible event exist? Within…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to Webs Stories not loading after plugin update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Again, a theme can do anything it wants on your site, including in the WP…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to Webs Stories not loading after plugin update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
> When the plugin get’s loaded, how does the theme affect the plugin and visa…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to WP video files not appearing in image browser, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, What type of video is it, a MOV or an MP4 file? MOV…1 month ago
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Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for [corona-test-results] Hello…, on the site Translate WordPress:
It's not for you to decide what language users want to use their site in…1 month ago
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Committed [2499026] to Plugins Trac:
Releasing version 1.5.01 month ago
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Committed [2499025] to Plugins Trac:
Committing version 1.5.01 month ago
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Posted a reply to Query the stories, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, The upcoming version 1.5.0 release of the plugin will contain various features for…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to How do I add H1 heading to the Web Stories Archive Page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You'd need to use is_post_type_archive( 'web-story' ) instead of is_page( 'web-stories' ) because it isn't…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to wp query, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, the post type is called web-story, not story.1 month ago
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Committed [2498622] to Plugins Trac:
Version 1.7.01 month ago
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Committed [2497745] to Plugins Trac:
Version 1.3.11 month ago
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Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for [corona-test-results] Hello…, on the site Translate WordPress:
Happy to add, but it doesn't look like you got the formal and informal variants…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to Poster image problem, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, So I just asked around and learned that it could be caused by…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to Formatting distorted after publishing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey Ben, Glad this resolved the styling issue. However, it's not ideal that the AMP…1 month ago
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Committed [2490442] to Plugins Trac:
Version 1.3.02 months ago
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Posted a reply to Using fallback languages breaks Polylang date translation, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Mark, Thanks for your report & sorry for the late reply. This could very…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to Article Does Not Translate, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, This plugin does not translate your content. That's not what it's meant for.…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to Preferred Languages, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Glad you like the plugin! I'm sure it will work great on your site. Please…2 months ago
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Closed ticket #52727, in Core Trac:
wp_sitemaps_max_urls2 months ago
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Posted a reply to JS error due to ‘core/embed’ block refactoring, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I just published version 1.5.0 that addresses this. Thanks for your patience!2 months ago
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Committed [2488048] to Plugins Trac:
Version 1.5.02 months ago
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Posted a reply to Deepl api – choose german informell, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It's a reasonable rule of thumb, at least for these locales. But there might be…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to Deepl api – choose german informell, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
> does that imply that de_DE is informal by default and de_CH is formal? Yes.…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to JS error due to ‘core/embed’ block refactoring, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for letting me know! I‘ll fix this as soon as I can!2 months ago
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Posted a reply to Bug: Web Stories 1.4.0 removes img width for Author, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks a lot, I was just able to confirm this bug and we'll fix it…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to Bug: Web Stories 1.4.0 removes img width for Author, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Could you confirm that only width is stripped, but not height?2 months ago
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Posted a reply to Web Stories as front page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You could search for another plugin that allows you to do that, or look into…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to Re: How to Remove Cover Image From Archives, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Glad to hear it worked! If you have any other questions, feel free to create…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to Web Stories as front page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Since WordPress does not by default allow setting arbitrary content as the homepage, you might…2 months ago
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