History
WordPress has come a long way since 2003. What started as a few lines of code and a mission to build a better web has become a prevalent web platform and thriving community.
Read about the project’s journey through its first ten years in Milestones: The Story of WordPress —with a follow-up covering the latest decade available in May 2023. Just in time for the project’s 20th anniversary.
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:
Version Musician Date six point six Tommy Dorsey July 16, 2024 six point five Regina Carter April 2, 2024 six point four Shirley Horn November 7, 2023 six point three Lionel Hampton August 8, 2023 six point two Eric Dolphy March 29, 2023 six point one Mikhail Alperin November 1, 2022 six Arturo O’Farrill May 24, 2022 five point nine Joséphine Baker January 25, 2022 five point eight Art Tatum July 20, 2021 five point seven Esperanza Spalding March 9, 2021 five point six Nina Simone December 8, 2020 five point five Billy Eckstine August 11, 2020 five point four Nat Adderley March 31, 2020 five point three Rahsaan Roland Kirk November 12, 2019 five point two Jaco Pastorius May 7, 2019 five point one Betty Carter February 21, 2019 five Bebo Valdés December 6, 2018 four point nine Billy Tipton November 15, 2017 four point eight Bill Evans June 8, 2017 four point seven Sarah Vaughan December 6, 2016 four point six Pepper Adams August 16, 2016 four point five Coleman Hawkins April 12, 2016 four point four Clifford Brown December 8, 2015 four point three Billie Holiday August 18, 2015 four point two Bud Powell April 23, 2015 four point one Dinah Washington December 18, 2014 four Benny Goodman September 4, 2014 three point nine Jimmy Smith April 16, 2014 three point eight Charlie Parker December 12, 2013 three point seven Count Basie October 24, 2013 three point six Oscar Peterson August 1, 2013 three point five Elvin Jones December 11, 2012 three point four Grant Green June 13, 2012 three point three Sonny Stitt December 12, 2011 three point two George Gershwin July 4, 2011 three point one Django Reinhardt February 23, 2011 three Thelonious Monk June 17, 2010 two point nine Carmen McRae December 18, 2009 two point eight Chet Baker June 11, 2009 two point seven John Coltrane December 10, 2008 two point six McCoy Tyner July 15, 2008 two point five Michael Brecker March 29, 2008 two point three Dexter Gordon September 24, 2007 two point two Stan Getz May 16, 2007 two point one Ella Fitzgerald January 22, 2007 two Duke Ellington December 31, 2005 one point five Billy Strayhorn February 17, 2005 one point two Charles Mingus May 22, 2004 one Miles Davis January 3, 2004 .70 No musician chosen. May 27, 2003