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