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