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.
Versción | 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 |