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