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