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