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