Pascal Birchler
@swissspidy on WordPress.org and Slack
Bio
Interests
WordPress Origin Story
- Member Since: February 25th, 2008
- Location: Zurich, Switzerland
- Website: pascalbirchler.com
- GitHub: swissspidy
- Job Title: Software Engineer
- Employer: Google
Contribution History
Pascal Birchler’s badges:- Core AI Contributor
- Core AI Team
- 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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Closed issue #4817 on the wp-cli/wp-cli repository:
Release process introduces unwanted changes -
Closed issue #4982 on the wp-cli/wp-cli repository:
@-prefixed hash' key (aliases): valid YAML? -
Closed issue #5256 on the wp-cli/wp-cli repository:
Provide an easier way to specify target site (`--url`) -
Merged pull request #5704 into wp-cli/wp-cli:
Autocomplete `--url` -
Closed issue #4981 on the wp-cli/wp-cli repository:
wildcard for alias (dynamic aliases) -
Closed issue #316 on the wp-cli/core-command repository:
wp core download with --locale failed -
Closed issue #6271 on the wp-cli/wp-cli repository:
PHP 8.5 deprecation warning from bundled react/promise v2.x in phar -
Closed issue #281 on the wp-cli/scaffold-package-command repository:
Multi-line descriptions not correctly indented -
Merged pull request #282 into wp-cli/scaffold-package-command:
Fix multi-paragraph parameter descriptions losing indentation in README generation -
Closed issue #5566 on the wp-cli/wp-cli repository:
Ability to set environment variables in wp-cli.yml -
Merged pull request #6169 into wp-cli/wp-cli:
Add environment variable configuration support to wp-cli.yml -
Merged pull request #592 into wp-cli/entity-command:
Regenerate README file -
Created issue #281 in the wp-cli/scaffold-package-command repository:
Multi-line descriptions not correctly indented -
Merged pull request #532 into wp-cli/entity-command:
`wp post create`: Add JSON input support for `tax_input` -
Closed issue #234 on the wp-cli/media-command repository:
Scan WordPress media library for images missing image sizes -
Closed issue #86 on the wp-cli/ideas repository:
Add `wp post export` and `wp post import` -
Closed issue #101 on the wp-cli/ideas repository:
File operation that can be executed through WP-CLI pipes -
Closed issue #5673 on the wp-cli/wp-cli repository:
Locally installed export-command should override phar-bundled version -
Merged pull request #6218 into wp-cli/wp-cli:
Fix autoloader priority: locally installed packages now fully override phar-bundled versions -
Closed issue #123 on the wp-cli/core-command repository:
core install fails silently (error code 255) -
Closed pull request #6268 on wp-cli/wp-cli:
Extend ShutdownHandler to surface fatal errors during WordPress core load -
Closed issue #6130 on the wp-cli/wp-cli repository:
Add usage of environment variables in aliases -
Merged pull request #6131 into wp-cli/wp-cli:
Add environment variable interpolation in alias definitions with security controls -
Merged pull request #280 into wp-cli/scaffold-package-command:
Fix failing tests due to Mustache dependency conflict -
Closed issue #258 on the wp-cli/db-command repository:
Add support for different MariaDB dump versions -
Closed pull request #301 on wp-cli/db-command:
Fix: Handle MariaDB sandbox mode during db import -
Merged pull request #591 into wp-cli/entity-command:
Update tests after latest framework changes -
Submitted pull request #280 to wp-cli/scaffold-package-command:
Fix failing tests due to Mustache dependency conflict -
Pushed 1 commit to wp-cli/block-command:
Update tests -
Closed issue #165 on the wp-cli/config-command repository:
Show literal "true"/"false" when reading boolean values instead of an empty string -
Submitted pull request #591 to wp-cli/entity-command:
Update tests after latest framework changes -
Merged pull request #213 into wp-cli/config-command:
Show literal "true"/"false" for boolean config values instead of "1"/empty string -
Merged pull request #904 into wp-cli/wp-cli-bundle:
Update wp-cli framework -
Closed pull request #182 on wp-cli/config-command:
Replace boolean value of config variables to literal string when showing to... -
Closed issue #5677 on the wp-cli/wp-cli repository:
Support alternative alias syntax for better cross-platform compat -
Closed issue #5276 on the wp-cli/wp-cli repository:
Package and global autoloaders should take precedence over WP autoloaders -
Merged pull request #6266 into wp-cli/wp-cli:
Restore WP-CLI autoloaders to front of stack after WordPress loads -
Merged pull request #478 into wp-cli/i18n-command:
Regenerate README file -
Merged pull request #6155 into wp-cli/wp-cli:
Support alternative alias syntax for cross-platform compatibility -
Closed issue #334 on the wp-cli/i18n-command repository:
`update-po`: Preserve unused translations/comments? -
Merged pull request #460 into wp-cli/i18n-command:
Add `--purge` flag to control removal of obsolete translations and comments in... -
Merged pull request #93 into wp-cli/server-command:
Regenerate README file -
Closed issue #59 on the wp-cli/server-command repository:
Passthrough args via `--`? -
Merged pull request #90 into wp-cli/server-command:
Add passthrough arguments to PHP binary via `--` separator -
Closed issue #5634 on the wp-cli/wp-cli repository:
Runner.php is catching overly specific exception? -
Merged pull request #6209 into wp-cli/wp-cli:
Fix overly specific exception catching in Runner.php -
Closed issue #5339 on the wp-cli/wp-cli repository:
ssh alias does not expand ~ tilde char and does not find... -
Merged pull request #6214 into wp-cli/wp-cli:
Fix tilde expansion in SSH alias paths -
Closed issue #5833 on the wp-cli/wp-cli repository:
Bold (and possibly color) escape codes are not honored under FreeBSD. -
Merged pull request #6226 into wp-cli/wp-cli:
Strip ANSI codes for pagers without color support
Developer
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AI Experiments
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AMP
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Disable Embeds
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Performant Translations
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Preferred Languages
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Voice Search
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Contributor
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Admin Footer Version (rebranded)
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Antispam Bee
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Digest Notifications
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Feed Post Thumbnail
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GlotPress
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Shiny Updates
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Team List
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Widget Disable
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Support Rep
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AI Provider for Anthropic
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AI Provider for Google
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AI Provider for OpenAI
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PWA
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Site Kit by Google - Analytics, Search Console, AdSense, Speed
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Plugins
Themes
General Translation Editor
Deutsch (German) Patterns Translation Editor - #de_DE
Deutsch (German) Project Translation Editor - #de_DE
Deutsch (Österreich) (German (Austria)) Plugins Translation Editor - #de_AT
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AMP
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Native Lazyload
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PWA
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Sitekit
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