Title: History
Author: WordPress.org
Published: డిసెంబర్ 1, 2025

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# 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](https://wordpress.org/book/)—
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:

| **వెర్షను** | **Musician** | **తేదీ** | 
| [6.9](https://wordpress.org/news/2025/12/gene/) | Gene Harris | December 2, 2025 | 
| [6.8](https://wordpress.org/news/2025/04/cecil/) | Cecil Taylor | April 15, 2025 | 
| [6.7](https://wordpress.org/news/2024/11/rollins/) | Sonny Rollins | November 12, 2024 | 
| [6.6](https://wordpress.org/news/2024/07/dorsey/) | Tommy Dorsey | July 16, 2024 | 
| [6.5](https://wordpress.org/news/2024/04/regina/) | Regina Carter | April 2, 2024 | 
| [6.4](https://wordpress.org/news/2023/11/shirley/) | Shirley Horn | November 7, 2023 | 
| [6.3](https://wordpress.org/news/2023/08/lionel/) | Lionel Hampton | August 8, 2023 | 
| [6.2](https://wordpress.org/news/2023/03/dolphy/) | Eric Dolphy | March 29, 2023 | 
| [6.1](https://wordpress.org/news/2022/11/misha/) | Mikhail Alperin | November 1, 2022 | 
| [6.0](https://wordpress.org/news/2022/05/arturo/) | Arturo O’Farrill | May 24, 2022 | 
| [5.9](https://wordpress.org/news/2022/01/josephine/) | Joséphine Baker | January 25, 2022 | 
| [5.8](https://wordpress.org/news/2021/07/tatum/) | Art Tatum | July 20, 2021 | 
| [5.7](https://wordpress.org/news/2021/03/esperanza/) | Esperanza Spalding | March 9, 2021 | 
| [5.6](https://wordpress.org/news/2020/12/simone/) | Nina Simone | December 8, 2020 | 
| [5.5](https://wordpress.org/news/2020/08/eckstine/) | Billy Eckstine | August 11, 2020 | 
| [5.4](https://wordpress.org/news/2020/03/adderley/) | Nat Adderley | March 31, 2020 | 
| [5.3](https://wordpress.org/news/2019/11/kirk/) | Rahsaan Roland Kirk | November 12, 2019 | 
| [5.2](https://wordpress.org/news/2019/05/jaco/) | Jaco Pastorius | May 7, 2019 | 
| [5.1](https://wordpress.org/news/2019/02/betty/) | Betty Carter | February 21, 2019 | 
| [5.0](https://wordpress.org/news/2018/12/bebo/) | Bebo Valdés | December 6, 2018 | 
| [4.9](https://wordpress.org/news/2017/11/tipton/) | Billy Tipton | November 15, 2017 | 
| [4.8](https://wordpress.org/news/2017/06/evans/) | Bill Evans | June 8, 2017 | 
| [4.7](https://wordpress.org/news/2016/12/vaughan/) | Sarah Vaughan | December 6, 2016 | 
| [4.6](https://wordpress.org/news/2016/08/pepper/) | Pepper Adams | August 16, 2016 | 
| [4.5](https://wordpress.org/news/2016/04/coleman/) | Coleman Hawkins | April 12, 2016 | 
| [4.4](https://wordpress.org/news/2015/12/clifford/) | Clifford Brown | December 8, 2015 | 
| [4.3](https://wordpress.org/news/2015/08/billie/) | Billie Holiday | August 18, 2015 | 
| [4.2](https://wordpress.org/news/2015/04/powell/) | Bud Powell | April 23, 2015 | 
| [4.1](https://wordpress.org/news/2014/12/dinah/) | Dinah Washington | December 18, 2014 | 
| [4.0](https://wordpress.org/news/2014/09/benny/) | Benny Goodman | September 4, 2014 | 
| [3.9](https://wordpress.org/news/2014/04/smith/) | Jimmy Smith | April 16, 2014 | 
| [3.8](https://wordpress.org/news/2013/12/parker/) | Charlie Parker | December 12, 2013 | 
| [3.7](https://wordpress.org/news/2013/10/basie/) | Count Basie | October 24, 2013 | 
| [3.6](https://wordpress.org/news/2013/08/oscar/) | Oscar Peterson | August 1, 2013 | 
| [3.5](https://wordpress.org/news/2012/12/elvin/) | Elvin Jones | December 11, 2012 | 
| [3.4](https://wordpress.org/news/2012/06/green/) | Grant Green | June 13, 2012 | 
| [3.3](https://wordpress.org/news/2011/12/sonny/) | Sonny Stitt | December 12, 2011 | 
| [3.2](https://wordpress.org/news/2011/07/gershwin/) | George Gershwin | July 4, 2011 | 
| [3.1](https://wordpress.org/news/2011/02/threeone/) | Django Reinhardt | February 23, 2011 | 
| [3.0](https://wordpress.org/news/2010/06/thelonious/) | Thelonious Monk | June 17, 2010 | 
| [2.9](https://wordpress.org/news/2009/12/wordpress-2-9/) | Carmen McRae | December 18, 2009 | 
| [2.8](https://wordpress.org/news/2009/06/wordpress-28/) | Chet Baker | June 11, 2009 | 
| [2.7](https://wordpress.org/news/2008/12/coltrane/) | John Coltrane | December 10, 2008 | 
| [2.6](https://wordpress.org/news/2008/07/wordpress-26-tyner/) | McCoy Tyner | July 15, 2008 | 
| [2.5](https://wordpress.org/news/2008/03/wordpress-25-brecker/) | Michael Brecker | March 29, 2008 | 
| [2.3](https://wordpress.org/news/2007/09/wordpress-23/) | Dexter Gordon | September 24, 2007 | 
| [2.2](https://wordpress.org/news/2007/05/wordpress-22/) | Stan Getz | May 16, 2007 | 
| [2.1](https://wordpress.org/news/2007/01/ella-21/) | Ella Fitzgerald | January 22, 2007 | 
| [2.0](https://wordpress.org/news/2005/12/wp2/) | Duke Ellington | December 31, 2005 | 
| [1.5](https://wordpress.org/news/2005/02/strayhorn/) | Billy Strayhorn | February 17, 2005 | 
| [1.2](https://wordpress.org/news/2004/05/heres-the-beef/) | Charles Mingus | May 22, 2004 | 
| [1.0](https://wordpress.org/news/2004/01/wordpress-10/) | Miles Davis | January 3, 2004 | 
| [.70](https://wordpress.org/news/2003/05/wordpress-now-available/) | No musician chosen. | May 27, 2003 |