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