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