Pascal Birchler

Tag: WordPress

  • Identifying WordPressers on GitHub

    Identifying WordPressers on GitHub

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    When contributing to WordPress core or related projects, a lot of the time is spent between WordPress Trac and GitHub. You typically open a new Trac ticket to propose an enhancement, then submit a pull request on GitHub with the necessary code changes. You may then even use Slack to discuss the change with fellow…

  • Performance for Everyone: Democratizing Performance in WordPress

    Performance for Everyone: Democratizing Performance in WordPress

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    At WordCamp Asia 2024 I had the opportunity to talk about the work I’ve been doing as part of the WordPress core performance team. The recordings are not available yet, but you can re-watch the livestream and check out the slide deck in the meantime. This blog post summarizes my presentation and amends it with…

  • Using PHPStan in a WordPress project

    Using PHPStan in a WordPress project

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    Over the past few years I’ve grown to like PHPStan, a static analysis for PHP projects. It’s a great tool for catching bugs and improving code quality. In this post, I’ll show you how to use PHPStan for WordPress plugin or theme development. What PHPStan does There are many tools for analyzing PHP code tools…

  • Introducing the Periodic Table of WordPress Plugins

    Introducing the Periodic Table of WordPress Plugins

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    Today, I am announcing the Periodic Table of WordPress Plugins, a small project of mine to celebrate the 20th anniversary of WordPress and the thousands of plugins that make it special. It does so by displaying the most popular WordPress plugins in a unique way. Before I tell you more about it, here it is…

  • I18N Improvements in WordPress 6.2

    I18N Improvements in WordPress 6.2

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    I just posted a short summary over at make.wordpress.org of all the internationalization (i18n) enhancements and bug fixes in the upcoming WordPress 6.2 release, many of which I worked on myself. Check it out:

  • Client-Side Video Optimization

    Client-Side Video Optimization

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    With Web Stories for WordPress, we want to make it easy and fun to create beautiful, immersive stories on the web. Videos contribute a large part to the immersive experience of the story format. Thus, we wanted to streamline the process of adding videos to stories as much as possible. For instance, the Web Stories…

  • Improving WordPress Internationalization with ESLint

    Improving WordPress Internationalization with ESLint

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    Avid readers will already know that I am very passionate about internationalization (I18N). Some of my most popular blog posts are about that topic: WordPress Internationalization Workflows Internationalization in WordPress 5.0 The Text Domain in WordPress Internationalization Internationalization is an important aspect in WordPress development as it lays the foundation for a project’s global success.…

  • Saving the Romansh Language with WordPress

    Saving the Romansh Language with WordPress

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    Rumantsch is one of Switzerland’s four official languages. To raise awareness for it, I want to translate WordPress into this dying language.

  • Get Ready for WordCamp Zurich 2019

    Get Ready for WordCamp Zurich 2019

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    It’s been a while since I have been involved with organizing a WordCamp. After a 4-year break, this is changing now. I am very excited that WordCamp Zurich is taking place on September 14, 2019. Back in 2014 and 2015, we already hosted two amazing WordPress conferences in Zurich. After a small local event in…