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 |
|---|---|---|
| 6.0 | Arturo O’Farrill | 24 ខែឧសភា, 2022 |
| 5.9 | Joséphine Baker | 25 ខែមករា, 2022 |
| 5.8 | Art Tatum | 20 ខែកក្កដា, 2021 |
| 5.7 | Esperanza Spalding | 9 ខែមីនា, 2021 |
| 5.6 | Nina Simone | 8 ខែធ្នូ, 2020 |
| 5.5 | Billy Eckstine | 11 ខែសីហា, 2020 |
| 5.4 | Nat Adderley | 31 ខែមីនា, 2020 |
| 5.3 | Rahsaan Roland Kirk | 12 ខែវិច្ឆិកា, 2019 |
| 5.2 | Jaco Pastorius | 7 ខែឧសភា, 2019 |
| 5.1 | Betty Carter | 21 ខែកុម្ភៈ, 2019 |
| 5.0 | Bebo Valdés | 6 ខែធ្នូ, 2018 |
| 4.9 | Billy Tipton | 15 ខែវិច្ឆិកា, 2017 |
| 4.8 | Bill Evans | 8 ខែមិថុនា, 2017 |
| 4.7 | Sarah Vaughan | 6 ខែធ្នូ, 2016 |
| 4.6 | Pepper Adams | 16 ខែសីហា, 2016 |
| 4.5 | Coleman Hawkins | 12 ខែមេសា, 2016 |
| 4.4 | Clifford Brown | 8 ខែធ្នូ, 2015 |
| 4.3 | Billie Holiday | 18 ខែសីហា, 2015 |
| 4.2 | Bud Powell | 23 ខែមេសា, 2015 |
| 4.1 | Dinah Washington | 18 ខែធ្នូ, 2014 |
| 4.0 | Benny Goodman | 4 ខែកញ្ញា, 2014 |
| 3.9 | Jimmy Smith | 16 ខែមេសា, 2014 |
| 3.8 | Charlie Parker | 12 ខែធ្នូ, 2013 |
| 3.7 | Count Basie | 24 ខែតុលា, 2013 |
| 3.6 | Oscar Peterson | 1 ខែសីហា, 2013 |
| 3.5 | Elvin Jones | 11 ខែធ្នូ, 2012 |
| 3.4 | Grant Green | 13 ខែមិថុនា, 2012 |
| 3.3 | Sonny Stitt | 12 ខែធ្នូ, 2011 |
| 3.2 | George Gershwin | 4 ខែកក្កដា, 2011 |
| 3.1 | Django Reinhardt | 23 ខែកុម្ភៈ, 2011 |
| 3.0 | Thelonious Monk | 17 ខែមិថុនា, 2010 |
| 2.9 | Carmen McRae | 18 ខែធ្នូ, 2009 |
| 2.8 | Chet Baker | 11 ខែមិថុនា, 2009 |
| 2.7 | John Coltrane | 10 ខែធ្នូ, 2008 |
| 2.6 | McCoy Tyner | 15 ខែកក្កដា, 2008 |
| 2.5 | Michael Brecker | 29 ខែមីនា, 2008 |
| 2.3 | Dexter Gordon | 24 ខែកញ្ញា, 2007 |
| 2.2 | Stan Getz | 16 ខែឧសភា, 2007 |
| 2.1 | Ella Fitzgerald | 22 ខែមករា, 2007 |
| 2.0 | Duke Ellington | 31 ខែធ្នូ, 2005 |
| 1.5 | Billy Strayhorn | 17 ខែកុម្ភៈ, 2005 |
| 1.2 | Charles Mingus | 22 ខែឧសភា, 2004 |
| 1.0 | Miles Davis | 3 ខែមករា, 2004 |
| .70 | No musician chosen. | 27 ខែឧសភា, 2003 |