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