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