Pascal Birchler
@swissspidy on WordPress.org and Slack
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- 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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Mentioned in [61480] on WordPress SVN:
General: Use legacy `content` properties for CSS icons. -
Merged pull request #295 into wp-cli/wp-cli-tests:
Replace inner variables first -
Submitted pull request #295 to wp-cli/wp-cli-tests:
Replace inner variables first -
Merged pull request #294 into wp-cli/wp-cli-tests:
Support nested variables in `INVOKE_WP_CLI_WITH_PHP_ARGS` -
Submitted pull request #294 to wp-cli/wp-cli-tests:
Support nested variables in `INVOKE_WP_CLI_WITH_PHP_ARGS` -
Created issue #564 in the wp-cli/entity-command repository:
Creating a post does not create a revision -
Pushed 1 commit to wp-cli/dashboard:
Update data -
Closed issue #615 on the wp-cli/handbook repository:
Add how-to guide: "Figure out why WordPress is slow" -
Merged pull request #209 into wp-cli/profile-command:
Regenerate README file -
Closed issue #205 on the wp-cli/profile-command repository:
404 links in README file -
Merged pull request #208 into wp-cli/profile-command:
Replace broken links in README source -
Merged pull request #616 into wp-cli/handbook:
Add how-to guide: Figure out why WordPress is slow -
Closed issue #476 on the WordPress/plugin-check-action repository:
Action output incorrectly adds HTML entities to GitHub action log -
Merged pull request #479 into WordPress/plugin-check-action:
Decode HTML entities in action log output -
Merged pull request #487 into WordPress/plugin-check-action:
Bump @actions/github from 6.0.1 to 7.0.0 -
Merged pull request #8 into wp-cli/google-sitemap-generator-cli:
Update wp-cli/wp-cli-tests requirement from ^2.0.7 to ^4.3.4 -
Merged pull request #8 into wp-cli/reusable-workflow-test:
Update wp-cli/wp-cli-tests requirement from ^4.0 to ^5.0 -
Merged pull request #10 into wp-cli/reusable-workflow-test:
Bump actions/checkout from 4 to 6 -
Created issue #615 in the wp-cli/handbook repository:
Add how-to guide: "Figure out why WordPress is slow" -
Merged pull request #488 into WordPress/plugin-check-action:
Bump @types/node from 25.0.3 to 25.0.6 -
Merged pull request #486 into WordPress/plugin-check-action:
Bump @actions/core from 2.0.1 to 2.0.2 -
Merged pull request #485 into WordPress/plugin-check-action:
Bump @typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin from 8.51.0 to 8.52.0 -
Merged pull request #484 into WordPress/plugin-check-action:
Bump dependabot/fetch-metadata from 2.4.0 to 2.5.0 -
Closed issue #593 on the wp-cli/handbook repository:
Broken ‘Edit article’ link for some pages -
Pushed 4 commits to wp-cli/dashboard:
Misc dashboard updates -
Pushed 2 commits to wp-cli/dashboard:
Collect avatars -
Pushed 3 commits to wp-cli/dashboard:
Update readme -
Pushed 2 commits to wp-cli/.github:
Improve welcome comment -
Closed pull request #268 on wp-cli/scaffold-package-command:
Exclude command namespaces from README generation -
Closed issue #166 on the wp-cli/scaffold-package-command repository:
Command namespaces do not produce meaningful README content -
Pushed 1 commit to wp-cli/entity-command:
List `wp network` in readme -
Closed ticket #64495 on Core Trac:
Site Status WordPress 6.9 Cannot See PHP 8.5 -
Merged pull request #841 into wp-cli/wp-cli-bundle:
Bump wp-cli/scaffold-command from 2.5.1 to 2.5.2 -
Merged pull request #842 into wp-cli/wp-cli-bundle:
Bump wp-cli/core-command from 2.1.22 to 2.1.23 -
Closed issue #181 on the wp-cli/scaffold-package-command repository:
Secondary description lines are not being picked up by the `README.md` regeneration -
Closed issue #192 on the wp-cli/package-command repository:
Deprecated: Return type of Symfony\Component\Process\Process::getIterator($flags = 0) should either be compatible with... -
Closed issue #177 on the wp-cli/php-cli-tools repository:
Rename main branch to `main` -
Closed issue #191 on the wp-cli/.github repository:
Pass default branch to `create-pull-request` in `check-branch-alias` workflow -
Merged pull request #192 into wp-cli/.github:
Pass default branch to create-pull-request in check-branch-alias workflow -
Created issue #191 in the wp-cli/.github repository:
Pass default branch to `create-pull-request` in `check-branch-alias` workflow -
Merged pull request #53 into wp-cli/automated-tests:
Adjust test matrix -
Merged pull request #840 into wp-cli/wp-cli-bundle:
Adjust test matrix -
Created issue #266 in the wp-cli/scaffold-package-command repository:
Change default branch to `main` -
Submitted pull request #840 to wp-cli/wp-cli-bundle:
Adjust test matrix -
Submitted pull request #53 to wp-cli/automated-tests:
Adjust test matrix -
Pushed 1 commit to wp-cli/.github:
Adjust test matrix for WordPress trunk -
Pushed 1 commit to wp-cli/core-command:
Require PHP 7.4+ for trunk tests -
Closed pull request #6186 on wp-cli/wp-cli:
Docs: clarify file existence check comment -
Pull request #360 merged into wp-cli/scaffold-command:
Fix test involving WordPress trunk -
Closed issue #264 on the wp-cli/scaffold-package-command repository:
Add command aliases to `README.md` output by `wp scaffold package-readme`
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