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