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