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 |
|---|---|---|
| 6.1 | Mikhail Alperin | 1 novembre 2022 |
| 6.0 | Arturo O’Farrill | 24 mai 2022 |
| 5.9 | Joséphine Baker | 25 genièr 2022 |
| 5.8 | Art Tatum | 20 julhet 2021 |
| 5.7 | Esperanza Spalding | 9 març 2021 |
| 5.6 | Nina Simone | 8 decembre 2020 |
| 5.5 | Billy Eckstine | 11 Agost 2020 |
| 5.4 | Nat Adderley | 31 març 2020 |
| 5.3 | Rahsaan Roland Kirk | 12 novembre 2019 |
| 5.2 | Jaco Pastorius | 7 mai 2019 |
| 5.1 | Betty Carter | 21 febrièr 2019 |
| 5.0 | Bebo Valdés | 6 decembre 2018 |
| 4.9 | Billy Tipton | 15 novembre 2017 |
| 4.8 | Bill Evans | 8 junh 2017 |
| 4.7 | Sarah Vaughan | 6 decembre 2016 |
| 4.6 | Pepper Adams | 16 Agost 2016 |
| 4.5 | Coleman Hawkins | 12 abril 2016 |
| 4.4 | Clifford Brown | 8 decembre 2015 |
| 4.3 | Billie Holiday | 18 Agost 2015 |
| 4.2 | Bud Powell | 23 abril 2015 |
| 4.1 | Dinah Washington | 18 decembre 2014 |
| 4.0 | Benny Goodman | 4 setembre 2014 |
| 3.9 | Jimmy Smith | 16 abril 2014 |
| 3.8 | Charlie Parker | 12 decembre 2013 |
| 3.7 | Count Basie | 24 octobre 2013 |
| 3.6 | Oscar Peterson | 1 Agost 2013 |
| 3.5 | Elvin Jones | 11 decembre 2012 |
| 3.4 | Grant Green | 13 junh 2012 |
| 3.3 | Sonny Stitt | 12 decembre 2011 |
| 3.2 | George Gershwin | 4 julhet 2011 |
| 3.1 | Django Reinhardt | 23 febrièr 2011 |
| 3.0 | Thelonious Monk | 17 junh 2010 |
| 2.9 | Carmen McRae | 18 decembre 2009 |
| 2.8 | Chet Baker | 11 junh 2009 |
| 2.7 | John Coltrane | 10 decembre 2008 |
| 2.6 | McCoy Tyner | 15 julhet 2008 |
| 2.5 | Michael Brecker | 29 març 2008 |
| 2.3 | Dexter Gordon | 24 setembre 2007 |
| 2.2 | Stan Getz | 16 mai 2007 |
| 2.1 | Ella Fitzgerald | 22 genièr 2007 |
| 2.0 | Duke Ellington | 31 decembre 2005 |
| 1.5 | Billy Strayhorn | 17 febrièr 2005 |
| 1.2 | Charles Mingus | 22 mai 2004 |
| 1.0 | Miles Davis | 3 genièr 2004 |
| .70 | No musician chosen. | 27 mai 2003 |