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 |
|---|---|---|
| 5.5 | Billy Eckstine | ነሃሴ 11, 2020 |
| 5.4 | Nat Adderley | መጋቢት 31, 2020 |
| 5.3 | Rahsaan Roland Kirk | ህዳር 12, 2019 |
| 5.2 | Jaco Pastorius | ግንቦት 7, 2019 |
| 5.1 | Betty Carter | የካቲት 21, 2019 |
| 5.0 | Bebo Valdés | ታህሳስ 6, 2018 |
| 4.9 | Billy Tipton | ህዳር 15, 2017 |
| 4.8 | Bill Evans | ሰኔ 8, 2017 |
| 4.7 | Sarah Vaughan | ታህሳስ 6, 2016 |
| 4.6 | Pepper Adams | ነሃሴ 16, 2016 |
| 4.5 | Coleman Hawkins | ሚያዝያ 12, 2016 |
| 4.4 | Clifford Brown | ታህሳስ 8, 2015 |
| 4.3 | Billie Holiday | ነሃሴ 18, 2015 |
| 4.2 | Bud Powell | ሚያዝያ 23, 2015 |
| 4.1 | Dinah Washington | ታህሳስ 18, 2014 |
| 4.0 | Benny Goodman | መስከረም 4, 2014 |
| 3.9 | Jimmy Smith | ሚያዝያ 16, 2014 |
| 3.8 | Charlie Parker | ታህሳስ 12, 2013 |
| 3.7 | Count Basie | ጥቅምት 24, 2013 |
| 3.6 | Oscar Peterson | ነሃሴ 1, 2013 |
| 3.5 | Elvin Jones | ታህሳስ 11, 2012 |
| 3.4 | Grant Green | ሰኔ 13, 2012 |
| 3.3 | Sonny Stitt | ታህሳስ 12, 2011 |
| 3.2 | George Gershwin | ሃምሌ 4, 2011 |
| 3.1 | Django Reinhardt | የካቲት 23, 2011 |
| 3.0 | Thelonious Monk | ሰኔ 17, 2010 |
| 2.9 | Carmen McRae | ታህሳስ 18, 2009 |
| 2.8 | Chet Baker | ሰኔ 11, 2009 |
| 2.7 | John Coltrane | ታህሳስ 10, 2008 |
| 2.6 | McCoy Tyner | ሃምሌ 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 | ጥር 22, 2007 |
| 2.0 | Duke Ellington | ታህሳስ 31, 2005 |
| 1.5 | Billy Strayhorn | የካቲት 17, 2005 |
| 1.2 | Charles Mingus | ግንቦት 22, 2004 |
| 1.0 | Miles Davis | ጥር 3, 2004 |
| .70 | No musician chosen. | ግንቦት 27, 2003 |