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 |
|---|---|---|
| 5.8 | Art Tatum | 20 2000 July 2000 000000 2021 |
| 5.7 | Esperanza Spalding | 9 0900 March 0900 000000 2021 |
| 5.6 | Nina Simone | 8 0800 December 0800 000000 2020 |
| 5.5 | Billy Eckstine | 11 1100 August 1100 000000 2020 |
| 5.4 | Nat Adderley | 31 3100 March 3100 000000 2020 |
| 5.3 | Rahsaan Roland Kirk | 12 1200 November 1200 000000 2019 |
| 5.2 | Jaco Pastorius | 7 0700 May 0700 000000 2019 |
| 5.1 | Betty Carter | 21 2100 February 2100 000000 2019 |
| 5.0 | Bebo Valdés | 6 0600 December 0600 000000 2018 |
| 4.9 | Billy Tipton | 15 1500 November 1500 000000 2017 |
| 4.8 | Bill Evans | 8 0800 June 0800 000000 2017 |
| 4.7 | Sarah Vaughan | 6 0600 December 0600 000000 2016 |
| 4.6 | Pepper Adams | 16 1600 August 1600 000000 2016 |
| 4.5 | Coleman Hawkins | 12 1200 April 1200 000000 2016 |
| 4.4 | Clifford Brown | 8 0800 December 0800 000000 2015 |
| 4.3 | Billie Holiday | 18 1800 August 1800 000000 2015 |
| 4.2 | Bud Powell | 23 2300 April 2300 000000 2015 |
| 4.1 | Dinah Washington | 18 1800 December 1800 000000 2014 |
| 4.0 | Benny Goodman | 4 0400 September 0400 000000 2014 |
| 3.9 | Jimmy Smith | 16 1600 April 1600 000000 2014 |
| 3.8 | Charlie Parker | 12 1200 December 1200 000000 2013 |
| 3.7 | Count Basie | 24 2400 October 2400 000000 2013 |
| 3.6 | Oscar Peterson | 1 0100 August 0100 000000 2013 |
| 3.5 | Elvin Jones | 11 1100 December 1100 000000 2012 |
| 3.4 | Grant Green | 13 1300 June 1300 000000 2012 |
| 3.3 | Sonny Stitt | 12 1200 December 1200 000000 2011 |
| 3.2 | George Gershwin | 4 0400 July 0400 000000 2011 |
| 3.1 | Django Reinhardt | 23 2300 February 2300 000000 2011 |
| 3.0 | Thelonious Monk | 17 1700 June 1700 000000 2010 |
| 2.9 | Carmen McRae | 18 1800 December 1800 000000 2009 |
| 2.8 | Chet Baker | 11 1100 June 1100 000000 2009 |
| 2.7 | John Coltrane | 10 1000 December 1000 000000 2008 |
| 2.6 | McCoy Tyner | 15 1500 July 1500 000000 2008 |
| 2.5 | Michael Brecker | 29 2900 March 2900 000000 2008 |
| 2.3 | Dexter Gordon | 24 2400 September 2400 000000 2007 |
| 2.2 | Stan Getz | 16 1600 May 1600 000000 2007 |
| 2.1 | Ella Fitzgerald | 22 2200 January 2200 000000 2007 |
| 2.0 | Duke Ellington | 31 3100 December 3100 000000 2005 |
| 1.5 | Billy Strayhorn | 17 1700 February 1700 000000 2005 |
| 1.2 | Charles Mingus | 22 2200 May 2200 000000 2004 |
| 1.0 | Miles Davis | 3 0300 January 0300 000000 2004 |
| .70 | No musician chosen. | 27 2700 May 2700 000000 2003 |