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