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 |
|---|---|---|
| 6.1 | Mikhail Alperin | نوامبر 1, 2022 |
| 6.0 | Arturo O’Farrill | می 24, 2022 |
| 5.9 | Joséphine Baker | ژانویه 25, 2022 |
| 5.8 | Art Tatum | جولای 20, 2021 |
| 5.7 | Esperanza Spalding | مارس 9, 2021 |
| 5.6 | Nina Simone | دسامبر 8, 2020 |
| 5.5 | Billy Eckstine | آگوست 11, 2020 |
| 5.4 | Nat Adderley | مارس 31, 2020 |
| 5.3 | Rahsaan Roland Kirk | نوامبر 12, 2019 |
| 5.2 | Jaco Pastorius | می 7, 2019 |
| 5.1 | Betty Carter | فوریه 21, 2019 |
| 5.0 | Bebo Valdés | دسامبر 6, 2018 |
| 4.9 | Billy Tipton | نوامبر 15, 2017 |
| 4.8 | Bill Evans | ژوئن 8, 2017 |
| 4.7 | Sarah Vaughan | دسامبر 6, 2016 |
| 4.6 | Pepper Adams | آگوست 16, 2016 |
| 4.5 | Coleman Hawkins | آوریل 12, 2016 |
| 4.4 | Clifford Brown | دسامبر 8, 2015 |
| 4.3 | Billie Holiday | آگوست 18, 2015 |
| 4.2 | Bud Powell | آوریل 23, 2015 |
| 4.1 | Dinah Washington | دسامبر 18, 2014 |
| 4.0 | Benny Goodman | سپتامبر 4, 2014 |
| 3.9 | Jimmy Smith | آوریل 16, 2014 |
| 3.8 | Charlie Parker | دسامبر 12, 2013 |
| 3.7 | Count Basie | اکتبر 24, 2013 |
| 3.6 | Oscar Peterson | آگوست 1, 2013 |
| 3.5 | Elvin Jones | دسامبر 11, 2012 |
| 3.4 | Grant Green | ژوئن 13, 2012 |
| 3.3 | Sonny Stitt | دسامبر 12, 2011 |
| 3.2 | George Gershwin | جولای 4, 2011 |
| 3.1 | Django Reinhardt | فوریه 23, 2011 |
| 3.0 | Thelonious Monk | ژوئن 17, 2010 |
| 2.9 | Carmen McRae | دسامبر 18, 2009 |
| 2.8 | Chet Baker | ژوئن 11, 2009 |
| 2.7 | John Coltrane | دسامبر 10, 2008 |
| 2.6 | McCoy Tyner | جولای 15, 2008 |
| 2.5 | Michael Brecker | مارس 29, 2008 |
| 2.3 | Dexter Gordon | سپتامبر 24, 2007 |
| 2.2 | Stan Getz | می 16, 2007 |
| 2.1 | Ella Fitzgerald | ژانویه 22, 2007 |
| 2.0 | Duke Ellington | دسامبر 31, 2005 |
| 1.5 | Billy Strayhorn | فوریه 17, 2005 |
| 1.2 | Charles Mingus | می 22, 2004 |
| 1.0 | Miles Davis | ژانویه 3, 2004 |
| .70 | No musician chosen. | می 27, 2003 |