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.
| وەشان | موزیک ژەن | ڕۆژ |
|---|---|---|
| 5.7 | Esperanza Spalding | ئازار 9, 2021 |
| 5.6 | Nina Simone | كانونی یه‌كه‌م 8, 2020 |
| 5.5 | Billy Eckstine | ئاب 11, 2020 |
| 5.4 | Nat Adderley | ئازار 31, 2020 |
| 5.3 | Rahsaan Roland Kirk | تشرینی دووه‌م 12, 2019 |
| 5.2 | Jaco Pastorius | ئایار 7, 2019 |
| 5.1 | Betty Carter | شوبات 21, 2019 |
| 5.0 | Bebo Valdés | كانونی یه‌كه‌م 6, 2018 |
| 4.9 | Billy Tipton | تشرینی دووه‌م 15, 2017 |
| 4.8 | Bill Evans | حوزه‌یران 8, 2017 |
| 4.7 | Sarah Vaughan | كانونی یه‌كه‌م 6, 2016 |
| 4.6 | Pepper Adams | ئاب 16, 2016 |
| 4.5 | Coleman Hawkins | نیسان 12, 2016 |
| 4.4 | Clifford Brown | كانونی یه‌كه‌م 8, 2015 |
| 4.3 | Billie Holiday | ئاب 18, 2015 |
| 4.2 | Bud Powell | نیسان 23, 2015 |
| 4.1 | Dinah Washington | كانونی یه‌كه‌م 18, 2014 |
| 4.0 | Benny Goodman | ئه‌یلول 4, 2014 |
| 3.9 | Jimmy Smith | نیسان 16, 2014 |
| 3.8 | Charlie Parker | كانونی یه‌كه‌م 12, 2013 |
| 3.7 | Count Basie | تشرینی یه‌كه‌م 24, 2013 |
| 3.6 | Oscar Peterson | ئاب 1, 2013 |
| 3.5 | Elvin Jones | كانونی یه‌كه‌م 11, 2012 |
| 3.4 | Grant Green | حوزه‌یران 13, 2012 |
| 3.3 | Sonny Stitt | كانونی یه‌كه‌م 12, 2011 |
| 3.2 | George Gershwin | ته‌مموز 4, 2011 |
| 3.1 | Django Reinhardt | شوبات 23, 2011 |
| 3.0 | Thelonious Monk | حوزه‌یران 17, 2010 |
| 2.9 | Carmen McRae | كانونی یه‌كه‌م 18, 2009 |
| 2.8 | Chet Baker | حوزه‌یران 11, 2009 |
| 2.7 | John Coltrane | كانونی یه‌كه‌م 10, 2008 |
| 2.6 | McCoy Tyner | ته‌مموز 15, 2008 |
| 2.5 | Michael Brecker | ئازار 29, 2008 |
| 2.3 | Dexter Gordon | ئه‌یلول 24, 2007 |
| 2.2 | Stan Getz | ئایار 16, 2007 |
| 2.1 | Ella Fitzgerald | كانونی دووه‌م 22, 2007 |
| 2.0 | Duke Ellington | كانونی یه‌كه‌م 31, 2005 |
| 1.5 | Billy Strayhorn | شوبات 17, 2005 |
| 1.2 | Charles Mingus | ئایار 22, 2004 |
| 1.0 | Miles Davis | كانونی دووه‌م 3, 2004 |
| .70 | هیچ مۆسیقاژەنێک هەڵنەبژێردراوە. | ئایار 27, 2003 |