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