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