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