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 |
|---|---|---|
| 5.2 | Jaco Pastorius | مَي 7, 2019 |
| 5.1 | Betty Carter | فيبروري 21, 2019 |
| 5.0 | Bebo Valdés | ڊسمبر 6, 2018 |
| 4.9 | Billy Tipton | نومبر 15, 2017 |
| 4.8 | Bill Evans | جُون 8, 2017 |
| 4.7 | Sarah Vaughan | ڊسمبر 6, 2016 |
| 4.6 | Pepper Adams | آگسٽ 16, 2016 |
| 4.5 | Coleman Hawkins | اپريل 12, 2016 |
| 4.4 | Clifford Brown | ڊسمبر 8, 2015 |
| 4.3 | Billie Holiday | آگسٽ 18, 2015 |
| 4.2 | Bud Powell | اپريل 23, 2015 |
| 4.1 | Dinah Washington | ڊسمبر 18, 2014 |
| 4.0 | Benny Goodman | سيپٽمبر 4, 2014 |
| 3.9 | Jimmy Smith | اپريل 16, 2014 |
| 3.8 | Charlie Parker | ڊسمبر 12, 2013 |
| 3.7 | Count Basie | آڪٽوبر 24, 2013 |
| 3.6 | Oscar Peterson | آگسٽ 1, 2013 |
| 3.5 | Elvin Jones | ڊسمبر 11, 2012 |
| 3.4 | Grant Green | جُون 13, 2012 |
| 3.3 | Sonny Stitt | ڊسمبر 12, 2011 |
| 3.2 | George Gershwin | جُولاءِ 4, 2011 |
| 3.1 | Django Reinhardt | فيبروري 23, 2011 |
| 3.0 | Thelonious Monk | جُون 17, 2010 |
| 2.9 | Carmen McRae | ڊسمبر 18, 2009 |
| 2.8 | Chet Baker | جُون 11, 2009 |
| 2.7 | John Coltrane | ڊسمبر 10, 2008 |
| 2.6 | McCoy Tyner | جُولاءِ 15, 2008 |
| 2.5 | Michael Brecker | مارچ 29, 2008 |
| 2.3 | Dexter Gordon | سيپٽمبر 24, 2007 |
| 2.2 | Stan Getz | مَي 16, 2007 |
| 2.1 | Ella Fitzgerald | جنوري 22, 2007 |
| 2.0 | Duke Ellington | ڊسمبر 31, 2005 |
| 1.5 | Billy Strayhorn | فيبروري 17, 2005 |
| 1.2 | Charles Mingus | مَي 22, 2004 |
| 1.0 | Miles Davis | جنوري 3, 2004 |
| .70 | No musician chosen. | مَي 27, 2003 |