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