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