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