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