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