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 | 01 Noyabr 2022 |
| 6.0 | Arturo O’Farrill | 24 May 2022 |
| 5.9 | Joséphine Baker | 25 Yanvar 2022 |
| 5.8 | Art Tatum | 20 İyul 2021 |
| 5.7 | Esperanza Spalding | 09 Mart 2021 |
| 5.6 | Nina Simone | 08 Dekabr 2020 |
| 5.5 | Billy Eckstine | 11 Avqust 2020 |
| 5.4 | Nat Adderley | 31 Mart 2020 |
| 5.3 | Rahsaan Roland Kirk | 12 Noyabr 2019 |
| 5.2 | Jaco Pastorius | 07 May 2019 |
| 5.1 | Betty Carter | 21 Fevral 2019 |
| 5.0 | Bebo Valdés | 06 Dekabr 2018 |
| 4.9 | Billy Tipton | 15 Noyabr 2017 |
| 4.8 | Bill Evans | 08 İyun 2017 |
| 4.7 | Sarah Vaughan | 06 Dekabr 2016 |
| 4.6 | Pepper Adams | 16 Avqust 2016 |
| 4.5 | Coleman Hawkins | 12 Aprel 2016 |
| 4.4 | Clifford Brown | 08 Dekabr 2015 |
| 4.3 | Billie Holiday | 18 Avqust 2015 |
| 4.2 | Bud Powell | 23 Aprel 2015 |
| 4.1 | Dinah Washington | 18 Dekabr 2014 |
| 4.0 | Benny Goodman | 04 Sentyabr 2014 |
| 3.9 | Jimmy Smith | 16 Aprel 2014 |
| 3.8 | Charlie Parker | 12 Dekabr 2013 |
| 3.7 | Count Basie | 24 Oktyabr 2013 |
| 3.6 | Oscar Peterson | 01 Avqust 2013 |
| 3.5 | Elvin Jones | 11 Dekabr 2012 |
| 3.4 | Grant Green | 13 İyun 2012 |
| 3.3 | Sonny Stitt | 12 Dekabr 2011 |
| 3.2 | George Gershwin | 04 İyul 2011 |
| 3.1 | Django Reinhardt | 23 Fevral 2011 |
| 3.0 | Thelonious Monk | 17 İyun 2010 |
| 2.9 | Carmen McRae | 18 Dekabr 2009 |
| 2.8 | Chet Baker | 11 İyun 2009 |
| 2.7 | John Coltrane | 10 Dekabr 2008 |
| 2.6 | McCoy Tyner | 15 İyul 2008 |
| 2.5 | Michael Brecker | 29 Mart 2008 |
| 2.3 | Dexter Gordon | 24 Sentyabr 2007 |
| 2.2 | Stan Getz | 16 May 2007 |
| 2.1 | Ella Fitzgerald | 22 Yanvar 2007 |
| 2.0 | Duke Ellington | 31 Dekabr 2005 |
| 1.5 | Billy Strayhorn | 17 Fevral 2005 |
| 1.2 | Charles Mingus | 22 May 2004 |
| 1.0 | Miles Davis | 03 Yanvar 2004 |
| .70 | No musician chosen. | 27 May 2003 |