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 | 01 November 2022 |
| 6.0 | Arturo O’Farrill | 24 Masg 2022 |
| 5.9 | Joséphine Baker | 25 Sginer 2022 |
| 5.8 | Art Tatum | 20 Luj 2021 |
| 5.7 | Esperanza Spalding | 09 Marz 2021 |
| 5.6 | Nina Simone | 08 Dicember 2020 |
| 5.5 | Billy Eckstine | 11 Avost 2020 |
| 5.4 | Nat Adderley | 31 Marz 2020 |
| 5.3 | Rahsaan Roland Kirk | 12 November 2019 |
| 5.2 | Jaco Pastorius | 07 Masg 2019 |
| 5.1 | Betty Carter | 21 Fevrer 2019 |
| 5.0 | Bebo Valdés | 06 Dicember 2018 |
| 4.9 | Billy Tipton | 15 November 2017 |
| 4.8 | Bill Evans | 08 Sgiugn 2017 |
| 4.7 | Sarah Vaughan | 06 Dicember 2016 |
| 4.6 | Pepper Adams | 16 Avost 2016 |
| 4.5 | Coleman Hawkins | 12 Avril 2016 |
| 4.4 | Clifford Brown | 08 Dicember 2015 |
| 4.3 | Billie Holiday | 18 Avost 2015 |
| 4.2 | Bud Powell | 23 Avril 2015 |
| 4.1 | Dinah Washington | 18 Dicember 2014 |
| 4.0 | Benny Goodman | 04 Setember 2014 |
| 3.9 | Jimmy Smith | 16 Avril 2014 |
| 3.8 | Charlie Parker | 12 Dicember 2013 |
| 3.7 | Count Basie | 24 Otover 2013 |
| 3.6 | Oscar Peterson | 01 Avost 2013 |
| 3.5 | Elvin Jones | 11 Dicember 2012 |
| 3.4 | Grant Green | 13 Sgiugn 2012 |
| 3.3 | Sonny Stitt | 12 Dicember 2011 |
| 3.2 | George Gershwin | 04 Luj 2011 |
| 3.1 | Django Reinhardt | 23 Fevrer 2011 |
| 3.0 | Thelonious Monk | 17 Sgiugn 2010 |
| 2.9 | Carmen McRae | 18 Dicember 2009 |
| 2.8 | Chet Baker | 11 Sgiugn 2009 |
| 2.7 | John Coltrane | 10 Dicember 2008 |
| 2.6 | McCoy Tyner | 15 Luj 2008 |
| 2.5 | Michael Brecker | 29 Marz 2008 |
| 2.3 | Dexter Gordon | 24 Setember 2007 |
| 2.2 | Stan Getz | 16 Masg 2007 |
| 2.1 | Ella Fitzgerald | 22 Sginer 2007 |
| 2.0 | Duke Ellington | 31 Dicember 2005 |
| 1.5 | Billy Strayhorn | 17 Fevrer 2005 |
| 1.2 | Charles Mingus | 22 Masg 2004 |
| 1.0 | Miles Davis | 03 Sginer 2004 |
| .70 | No musician chosen. | 27 Masg 2003 |