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