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