History

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