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