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