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 | 7 сар 20, 2021 |
| 5.7 | Esperanza Spalding | 3 сар 9, 2021 |
| 5.6 | Nina Simone | 12 сар 8, 2020 |
| 5.5 | Billy Eckstine | 8 сар 11, 2020 |
| 5.4 | Nat Adderley | 3 сар 31, 2020 |
| 5.3 | Rahsaan Roland Kirk | 11 сар 12, 2019 |
| 5.2 | Jaco Pastorius | 5 сар 7, 2019 |
| 5.1 | Betty Carter | 2 сар 21, 2019 |
| 5.0 | Bebo Valdés | 12 сар 6, 2018 |
| 4.9 | Billy Tipton | 11 сар 15, 2017 |
| 4.8 | Bill Evans | 6 сар 8, 2017 |
| 4.7 | Sarah Vaughan | 12 сар 6, 2016 |
| 4.6 | Pepper Adams | 8 сар 16, 2016 |
| 4.5 | Coleman Hawkins | 4 сар 12, 2016 |
| 4.4 | Clifford Brown | 12 сар 8, 2015 |
| 4.3 | Billie Holiday | 8 сар 18, 2015 |
| 4.2 | Bud Powell | 4 сар 23, 2015 |
| 4.1 | Dinah Washington | 12 сар 18, 2014 |
| 4.0 | Benny Goodman | 9 сар 4, 2014 |
| 3.9 | Jimmy Smith | 4 сар 16, 2014 |
| 3.8 | Charlie Parker | 12 сар 12, 2013 |
| 3.7 | Count Basie | 10 сар 24, 2013 |
| 3.6 | Oscar Peterson | 8 сар 1, 2013 |
| 3.5 | Elvin Jones | 12 сар 11, 2012 |
| 3.4 | Grant Green | 6 сар 13, 2012 |
| 3.3 | Sonny Stitt | 12 сар 12, 2011 |
| 3.2 | George Gershwin | 7 сар 4, 2011 |
| 3.1 | Django Reinhardt | 2 сар 23, 2011 |
| 3.0 | Thelonious Monk | 6 сар 17, 2010 |
| 2.9 | Carmen McRae | 12 сар 18, 2009 |
| 2.8 | Chet Baker | 6 сар 11, 2009 |
| 2.7 | John Coltrane | 12 сар 10, 2008 |
| 2.6 | McCoy Tyner | 7 сар 15, 2008 |
| 2.5 | Michael Brecker | 3 сар 29, 2008 |
| 2.3 | Dexter Gordon | 9 сар 24, 2007 |
| 2.2 | Stan Getz | 5 сар 16, 2007 |
| 2.1 | Ella Fitzgerald | 1 сар 22, 2007 |
| 2.0 | Duke Ellington | 12 сар 31, 2005 |
| 1.5 | Billy Strayhorn | 2 сар 17, 2005 |
| 1.2 | Charles Mingus | 5 сар 22, 2004 |
| 1.0 | Miles Davis | 1 сар 3, 2004 |
| .70 | No musician chosen. | 5 сар 27, 2003 |