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FirstElement

@firstelement Iida, Nagano, Japan joined Feb 2012

firstelement.co.jp/en github.com/firstelementjp

    Bio

    A small independent company centered on WordPress product development since 2016, while also providing website development for local governments, public organizations, and businesses. We maintain and evolve FE Advanced Search, a plugin originally created by our founder before incorporation, and continue to explore new AI-powered tools for WordPress.

    Interests

    WordPress product development, AI-powered search and chat experiences, and practical applications of AI for publishers and site owners. We also have an interest in emerging technologies such as Blockchain and DeFi, as well as e-commerce and smart agriculture.

    WordPress Origin Story

    The foundation of our work goes back to 2005, when our founder began using WordPress 2.0 as a blog module within XOOPS. That experience led to broader WordPress development for corporate sites and eventually to building a job board platform. In the process, a need emerged for more advanced filtering and search functionality, which became the basis for FE Advanced Search. After the company was established in 2016, development and stewardship of the plugin continued under the company, with the founder still leading product development. Since 2008, we have also contributed to the Japanese WordPress community through meetups and WordCamp organizing teams.

    Badges

    CODE
    1 badge
    Plugin Developer
    COMMUNITY
    1 badge
    WordCamp Speaker '14
    POLYGLOTS
    1 badge
    Translation Contributor '26

    Recent impact

    Score weights high-impact work (commits, releases, approved translations, props) at 3x routine activity.

    Last 30 days
    1contribution
    high1
    medium0
    score3
    Last 90 days
    3contributions
    high3
    medium0
    score9
    Last 12 months
    14contributions
    high14
    medium0
    score42

    Contributions

    Type
    August 2026
    Aug 25 Tue · 15:43
    Polyglots high
    Translated 17 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
    July 2026
    Jul 10 Fri · 01:29
    Plugins high
    Committed [3602103] to Plugins SVN:
    Update minified assets structure
    Jul 10 Fri · 01:15
    Plugins high
    Committed [3602097] to Plugins SVN:
    Fix stable tag to match SVN tag directory name
    June 2026
    Jun 02 Tue · 05:33
    Plugins high
    Committed [3557476] to Plugins SVN:
    Tag release 1.0
    Jun 02 Tue · 05:31
    Plugins high
    Committed [3557474] to Plugins SVN:
    Update version to 1.0.0 and improved import performance, fixed some bugs.
    May 2026
    May 27 Wed · 11:59
    Plugins high
    Committed [3550591] to Plugins SVN:
    tagging version 0.9.9.4
    May 27 Wed · 11:56
    Plugins high
    Committed [3550590] to Plugins SVN:
    v0.9.9.4: <a class="wiki" href="http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/wiki/JavaScript">JavaScript</a> Bundling, Dynamic Batch Size Calculation.
    May 26 Tue · 06:28
    Plugins high
    Committed [3548613] to Plugins SVN:
    Updates readme.txt
    May 26 Tue · 06:21
    Plugins high
    Committed [3548607] to Plugins SVN:
    Updates readme.txt
    May 26 Tue · 06:07
    Plugins high
    Committed [3548597] to Plugins SVN:
    Updates readme.txt

    Developer

    1 plugin

    Contributor

    3 plugins

    Translations

    1 locale
    ja 日本語 (Japanese) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 1 project.

    FE CSV Import & Export

    View all on translate.wordpress.org