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 |
|---|---|---|
| 5.5 | Billy Eckstine | 11 August, 2020 |
| 5.4 | Nat Adderley | 31 March, 2020 |
| 5.3 | Rahsaan Roland Kirk | 12 November, 2019 |
| 5.2 | Jaco Pastorius | 07 May, 2019 |
| 5.1 | Betty Carter | 21 February, 2019 |
| 5.0 | Bebo Valdés | 06 December, 2018 |
| 4.9 | Billy Tipton | 15 November, 2017 |
| 4.8 | Bill Evans | 08 June, 2017 |
| 4.7 | Sarah Vaughan | 06 December, 2016 |
| 4.6 | Pepper Adams | 16 August, 2016 |
| 4.5 | Coleman Hawkins | 12 April, 2016 |
| 4.4 | Clifford Brown | 08 December, 2015 |
| 4.3 | Billie Holiday | 18 August, 2015 |
| 4.2 | Bud Powell | 23 April, 2015 |
| 4.1 | Dinah Washington | 18 December, 2014 |
| 4.0 | Benny Goodman | 04 September, 2014 |
| 3.9 | Jimmy Smith | 16 April, 2014 |
| 3.8 | Charlie Parker | 12 December, 2013 |
| 3.7 | Count Basie | 24 October, 2013 |
| 3.6 | Oscar Peterson | 01 August, 2013 |
| 3.5 | Elvin Jones | 11 December, 2012 |
| 3.4 | Grant Green | 13 June, 2012 |
| 3.3 | Sonny Stitt | 12 December, 2011 |
| 3.2 | George Gershwin | 04 July, 2011 |
| 3.1 | Django Reinhardt | 23 February, 2011 |
| 3.0 | Thelonious Monk | 17 June, 2010 |
| 2.9 | Carmen McRae | 18 December, 2009 |
| 2.8 | Chet Baker | 11 June, 2009 |
| 2.7 | John Coltrane | 10 December, 2008 |
| 2.6 | McCoy Tyner | 15 July, 2008 |
| 2.5 | Michael Brecker | 29 March, 2008 |
| 2.3 | Dexter Gordon | 24 September, 2007 |
| 2.2 | Stan Getz | 16 May, 2007 |
| 2.1 | Ella Fitzgerald | 22 January, 2007 |
| 2.0 | Duke Ellington | 31 December, 2005 |
| 1.5 | Billy Strayhorn | 17 February, 2005 |
| 1.2 | Charles Mingus | 22 May, 2004 |
| 1.0 | Miles Davis | 03 January, 2004 |
| .70 | No musician chosen. | 27 May, 2003 |