History

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