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