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.
| Verzia | Musician | D8tum |
|---|---|---|
| 6.1 | Mikhail Alperin | 1. novembra 2022 |
| 6.0 | Arturo O’Farrill | 24. mája 2022 |
| 5.9 | Joséphine Baker | 25. januára 2022 |
| 5.8 | Art Tatum | 20. júla 2021 |
| 5.7 | Esperanza Spalding | 9. marca 2021 |
| 5.6 | Nina Simone | 8. decembra 2020 |
| 5.5 | Billy Eckstine | 11. augusta 2020 |
| 5.4 | Nat Adderley | 31. marca 2020 |
| 5.3 | Rahsaan Roland Kirk | 12. novembra 2019 |
| 5.2 | Jaco Pastorius | 7. mája 2019 |
| 5.1 | Betty Carter | 21. februára 2019 |
| 5.0 | Bebo Valdés | 6. decembra 2018 |
| 4.9 | Billy Tipton | 15. novembra 2017 |
| 4.8 | Bill Evans | 8. júna 2017 |
| 4.7 | Sarah Vaughan | 6. decembra 2016 |
| 4.6 | Pepper Adams | 16. augusta 2016 |
| 4.5 | Coleman Hawkins | 12. apríla 2016 |
| 4.4 | Clifford Brown | 8. decembra 2015 |
| 4.3 | Billie Holiday | 18. augusta 2015 |
| 4.2 | Bud Powell | 23. apríla 2015 |
| 4.1 | Dinah Washington | 18. decembra 2014 |
| 4.0 | Benny Goodman | 4. septembra 2014 |
| 3.9 | Jimmy Smith | 16. apríla 2014 |
| 3.8 | Charlie Parker | 12. decembra 2013 |
| 3.7 | Count Basie | 24. októbra 2013 |
| 3.6 | Oscar Peterson | 1. augusta 2013 |
| 3.5 | Elvin Jones | 11. decembra 2012 |
| 3.4 | Grant Green | 13. júna 2012 |
| 3.3 | Sonny Stitt | 12. decembra 2011 |
| 3.2 | George Gershwin | 4. júla 2011 |
| 3.1 | Django Reinhardt | 23. februára 2011 |
| 3.0 | Thelonious Monk | 17. júna 2010 |
| 2.9 | Carmen McRae | 18. decembra 2009 |
| 2.8 | Chet Baker | 11. júna 2009 |
| 2.7 | John Coltrane | 10. decembra 2008 |
| 2.6 | McCoy Tyner | 15. júla 2008 |
| 2.5 | Michael Brecker | 29. marca 2008 |
| 2.3 | Dexter Gordon | 24. septembra 2007 |
| 2.2 | Stan Getz | 16. mája 2007 |
| 2.1 | Ella Fitzgerald | 22. januára 2007 |
| 2.0 | Duke Ellington | 31. decembra 2005 |
| 1.5 | Billy Strayhorn | 17. februára 2005 |
| 1.2 | Charles Mingus | 22. mája 2004 |
| 1.0 | Miles Davis | 3. januára 2004 |
| .70 | No musician chosen. | 27. mája 2003 |