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