We’ve been working on a new book about the history of WordPress drawing on dozens of interviews with the original folks involved and extensive research. It’s not ready yet, but for the tenth anniversary of WordPress we’d like to make a chapter available, On forking WordPress, forks in general, early WordPress, and the community, which you can download below in the following formats:
Jazzers and Release Dates
WordPress core developers share a love of jazz music, and all our major releases are named in honor of jazz musicians we personally admire. Here’s a list of releases and the musicians they were named for. You can listen to a Last.fm station of all the musicians we named a release for.
| Version | Musician | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 6.1 | Mikhail Alperin | Nobyembre 1, 2022 |
| 6.0 | Arturo O’Farrill | Mayo 24, 2022 |
| 5.9 | Joséphine Baker | Enero 25, 2022 |
| 5.8 | Art Tatum | Hulyo 20, 2021 |
| 5.7 | Esperanza Spalding | Marso 9, 2021 |
| 5.6 | Nina Simone | Disyembre 8, 2020 |
| 5.5 | Billy Eckstine | Agosto 11, 2020 |
| 5.4 | Nat Adderley | Marso 31, 2020 |
| 5.3 | Rahsaan Roland Kirk | Nobyembre 12, 2019 |
| 5.2 | Jaco Pastorius | Mayo 7, 2019 |
| 5.1 | Betty Carter | Pebrero 21, 2019 |
| 5.0 | Bebo Valdés | Disyembre 6, 2018 |
| 4.9 | Billy Tipton | Nobyembre 15, 2017 |
| 4.8 | Bill Evans | Hunyo 8, 2017 |
| 4.7 | Sarah Vaughan | Disyembre 6, 2016 |
| 4.6 | Pepper Adams | Agosto 16, 2016 |
| 4.5 | Coleman Hawkins | Abril 12, 2016 |
| 4.4 | Clifford Brown | Disyembre 8, 2015 |
| 4.3 | Billie Holiday | Agosto 18, 2015 |
| 4.2 | Bud Powell | Abril 23, 2015 |
| 4.1 | Dinah Washington | Disyembre 18, 2014 |
| 4.0 | Benny Goodman | Setyembre 4, 2014 |
| 3.9 | Jimmy Smith | Abril 16, 2014 |
| 3.8 | Charlie Parker | Disyembre 12, 2013 |
| 3.7 | Count Basie | Oktubre 24, 2013 |
| 3.6 | Oscar Peterson | Agosto 1, 2013 |
| 3.5 | Elvin Jones | Disyembre 11, 2012 |
| 3.4 | Grant Green | Hunyo 13, 2012 |
| 3.3 | Sonny Stitt | Disyembre 12, 2011 |
| 3.2 | George Gershwin | Hulyo 4, 2011 |
| 3.1 | Django Reinhardt | Pebrero 23, 2011 |
| 3.0 | Thelonious Monk | Hunyo 17, 2010 |
| 2.9 | Carmen McRae | Disyembre 18, 2009 |
| 2.8 | Chet Baker | Hunyo 11, 2009 |
| 2.7 | John Coltrane | Disyembre 10, 2008 |
| 2.6 | McCoy Tyner | Hulyo 15, 2008 |
| 2.5 | Michael Brecker | Marso 29, 2008 |
| 2.3 | Dexter Gordon | Setyembre 24, 2007 |
| 2.2 | Stan Getz | Mayo 16, 2007 |
| 2.1 | Ella Fitzgerald | Enero 22, 2007 |
| 2.0 | Duke Ellington | Disyembre 31, 2005 |
| 1.5 | Billy Strayhorn | Pebrero 17, 2005 |
| 1.2 | Charles Mingus | Mayo 22, 2004 |
| 1.0 | Miles Davis | Enero 3, 2004 |
| .70 | No musician chosen. | Mayo 27, 2003 |