-WORDPRESS-[MUSICAL TIMELINE] - -KINGDOM OF JOGA-

-as of [ 2024]–

*MUSICAL NAMESAKES*
*”WINNING WP LINK*

*OLD VERSIONS*
(NOT MAINTAINED)

0.7

none

May 27, 2003

Used the same file structure as its predecessor, b2/cafelog, and continued the numbering from its last release, 0.6.[44] Only 0.71-gold is available for download in the official WordPress Release Archive page

1.0

“davis”

(as in trumpeter ‘miles davis’)

January 3, 2004[45]

Added

search engine friendly permalinks,

multiple categories,

dead simple installation and upgrade,

comment moderation,

XFN support

Atom support

1.2

“mingus”

(as in double basssist ‘charlie mingus’)

Performance for the U.S. Bicentennial, New York City, July 4, 1976 Photo by Tom Marcello

May 22, 2004[46]

Added support of Plugins; which same identification headers are used unchanged in WordPress releases as of 2011.

1.5

“strayhorn”

(as in ‘pianist ‘billy strayhorn’)

February 17, 2005

Added a range of vital features, such as ability to manage static pages and a template/Theme system.

It was also equipped with a new default template (code named Kubrick).[48] designed by Michael Heilemann.

2.0

“Duke”

(as in pianist ‘duke ellington’)

December 31, 2005

Added rich editing, better administration tools, image uploading, faster posting, improved import system, fully overhauled the back end, and various improvements to Plugin developers

2.1

Ella

(as in singer ‘ella fitzgerald’)

January 22, 2007

Corrected security issues, redesigned interface, enhanced editing tools (including integrated spell check and auto save), and improved content management options

2.2

“Getz”

(as in jewish-american saxophonist “stan getz”)

(the first white man on our list)

May 16, 2007

Added widget support for templates, updated Atom feed support, and speed optimizations

2.3

“Dexter”

(as in saxophonist ‘dexter gordon’)

September 24, 2007

Added native tagging support,

new taxonomy system for categories,

and easy notification of updates,

fully supports Atom 1.0, with the publishing protocol,

and some much needed security fixes.

2.5

“Brecker”

(as in jewish-american saxophonist “michael brecker”)

(1949 – 2007)

Michael Brecker in July 2004, performing during the "Jazz for Kerry" benefit concert in Manhattan.

March 29, 2008

Major revamp to

the dashboard,

dashboard widgets, multi-file upload, extended search, improved editor, improved plugin system and more

2.6

“Tyner”

(as in pianist ‘mccoy tyner’)

July 15, 2008

Added new features that made WordPress a more powerful CMS

it can now track changes to every post and page and allow easy posting from anywhere on the web.

2.7

“Coltrane”

(as ini saxophonist ‘john coltrane’)

December 11, 2008

Administration interface redesigned fully, added automatic upgrades and installing plugins, from within the administration interface

2.8

“Baker”

(as in trumpeter ‘chet baker’)

June 10, 2009

Added improvements in speed, automatic installing of themes from within administration interface, introduces the CodePress editor for syntax highlighting and a redesigned widget interface

2.9

“carmen”

(as in singer “carmen mcrae”)

December 19, 2009

Added global undo, built-in image editor, batch plugin updating, and many less visible tweaks

3.0

“thelonious”

(as in pianist ‘thelonious monk”)

Monk at Minton's Playhouse, New York, 1947

June 17, 2010

Added a new theme APIs, merge WordPress and WordPress MU, creating the new multi-site functionality, new default theme “Twenty Ten” and a refreshed, lighter admin UI

3.1

Reinhardt

(as in guitarist “django reinhardt”)

February 23, 2011

Added the Admin Bar, which is displayed on all blog pages when an admin is logged in,

and Post Format, best explained as…

“a Tumblr like micro-blogging feature”

It provides easy access to many critical functions, such as comments and updates.

Includes internal linking abilities, a newly streamlined writing interface, and many other changes

3.2

“Gershwin”

(as in composer ‘george gershwin’)

July 4, 2011

Focused on making WordPress faster and lighter.

Released only four months after version 3.1, reflecting the growing speed of development in the WordPress community

3.3

“Sonny”

(as in saxophonist ‘sonny stitt’)

December 12, 2011

Focused on making WordPress friendlier for beginners and tablet computer users

3.4

“Green”

(as in guitarist “grant green”)

June 13, 2012

Focused on improvements to

theme customization,

Twitter integration

and several minor changes

3.5

“Elvin”

(as in drummer “elvin jones”)

December 11, 2012[63]

Support for the Retina Display, color picker, new default theme “Twenty Twelve”, improved image workflow

3.6

“Oscar”

(as in pianist ‘oscar peterson’)

August 1, 2013

New default theme “Twenty Thirteen”, admin enhancements, post formats UI update, menus UI improvements, new revision system, autosave and post locking

*OLDER VERSION*
(still maintained)

3.7

“Basie”

(as in pianist “count basie”)

Posed photo of a man with short hair and a short mustache, wearing a suit, seated at a grand piano with his hands on the keys

October 24, 2013

Automatically apply maintenance and security updates in the background, stronger password recommendations, support for automatically installing the right language files and keeping them up to date

3.8

“Parker”

(as in saxophonist “charlie parker”)

December 12, 2013

Improved admin interface, responsive design for mobile devices, new typography using Open Sans, admin color schemes, redesigned theme management interface, simplified main dashboard, “Twenty Fourteen” magazine style default theme, second release using “Plugin-first development process”

3.9

Smith

(named after organist “jimmy smith”)

April 16, 2014

Improvements to editor for media, live widget and header previews, new theme browser

4.0

“Benny”

(after jewish-american clarinetist “benny goodman”)

September 4, 2014

Improved

media management,

embeds,

writing interface,

easy language change,

theme customizer,

plugin discovery

and compatibility with PHP 5.5 and MySQL 5.6

4.1

“Dinah”

(named after singer “dinah washington”)

December 18, 2014

Twenty Fifteen as the new default theme, distraction-free writing, easy language switch, Vine embeds and plugin recommendations

4.2

“Powell”

(named after pianist “bud powell”)

April 23, 2015

New “Press This” features, improved characters support, emoji support, improved customizer, new embeds and updated plugin system

4.3

“Billie”

(named after siger “billie holiday”)

Holiday at the Downbeat Jazz Club in New York City, 1947

August 18, 2015

Focus on mobile experience, better passwords and improved customizer

4.4

“Clifford”

(as in trumpeter “clifford brown”)

December 8, 2015

Introduction of “Twenty Sixteen” theme, and improved responsive images and embeds

4.5

“Coleman”

(named after saxophonist “coleman hawkins”)

April 12, 2016

Added inline linking, formatting shortcuts, live responsive previews, and other updates under the hood

4.6

“Pepper”

(as in saxophonist “pepper adams”)

At the Grande Parade du Jazz in Nice, France, July 7, 1978

August 16, 2016

Added streamlined updates, native fonts, editor improvements with inline link checker and content recovery, and other updates under the hood

4.7

“Vaughan”

(named after singer “sarah vaughan”)

December 6, 2016

Comes with new default theme “Twenty Seventeen”, Video Header Support, PDF preview, custom CSS in live preview, editor Improvements, and other updates under the hood

4.8

“Evans”

(after pianist “bill evans”)

June 8, 2017

The next-generation editor.

Additional specific goals include the TinyMCE inline element / link boundaries, new media widgets, WYSIWYG in text widget.

End Support for Internet Explorer Versions 8, 9, and 10

4.9

“Tipton”

(as in pianist “billy tipton”)

November 16, 2017

Improved theme customizer experience, including

scheduling,

frontend preview links,

autosave revisions,

theme browsing,

improved menu functions,

and syntax highlighting.

Added new gallery widget and updated text and video widgets.

Theme editor gives warnings and rollbacks when saving files that produce fatal errors

5.0

“Bebo”

(as in cuban piaist “bebo valdéz)

December 6, 2018

New block based editor Gutenberg[81] with new default theme “Twenty Nineteen”

WordPress 5.0 “Bebo”

The December 2018 release of WordPress 5.0, “Bebo”, is named in homage to the pioneering Cuban jazz musician Bebo Valdés

Classic Block.png

New WordPress Page Editor.png

It included a new default editor “Gutenberg” –

a block-based editor; it allows users to modify their displayed content in a much more user friendly way than prior iterations.

Blocks are abstract units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a web page

Past content that was created on WordPress pages is listed under what is referred to as a Classic Block

Classic Editor plugin

The Classic Editor Plugin was created as result of User preferences & as a way to help website developers to maintain past plugins only compatible with WordPress 4.9.8 giving plugin developers time to get their plugins updated & compatible with the 5.0 release.

Having the Classic Editor plugin installed restores the “classic” editing experience that WordPress has had up until the WordPress 5.0 release

The Classic Editor Plugin will be supported at least until 2022

The Classic Editor plugin is active on over 5,000,000 installations of WordPress

5.1

“Betty”

(after singer “betty carter”)

February 21, 2019

PHP version upgrade notices, and block editor improvements

5.2

“Jaco”

(as in bassist “jaco pastorius”)

May 7, 2019

Include Site Health Check, PHP error protection, the all new block directory, and update package signing

5.3

“Kirk”

(named after saxophonist “roland kirk”)
(the REAL captain)

November 12, 2019

Polish current user interactions and make user interfaces more user friendly

5.4

‘Adderley’

(named after trumpeter “nat adderly’)

March 31, 2020

Social Icons and Buttons blocks added, blocks customization and user interface improved, added features for personal data exports, custom fields for menu items, blocks improvements for developers

5.5

“ECKSTINE”

(named after singer “billy eckstine”)

(the first male singer on the list)

*11 AUGUST 2020*

Added lazy-loading images, XML sitemaps by default, auto-updates to plugins and themes, and improvements to the block editor

5.6

“SIMONE”

(as in singer “nina simone”)

*8 DECEMBER 2020*

New default theme “Twenty Twenty-One,” Gutenberg enhancements, automatic updates for core releases, increased support for PHP 8, application passwords for REST API authentication, improved accessibility

5.7

*9 MARCH 2021*

“ESPERANZA”

(as in bassist “esperanza spaldlng”)

(greatest female bassist since “carol kaye”?)

Carol Kaye: You've Heard Her Bass, but not Her Name - Unsung Heroines

New editor is easier to use, do more without writing custom code, simpler default color palette, from HTTP to HTTPS in a single click, new Robots API, lazy-load your iframes and ongoing cleanup after update to jQuery 3.5.1

5.8

“TATUM”

*named for black american pianist ‘art tatum’*