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