After the 2.1 release, we decided to adopt a regular release schedule every 3-4 months with the features primarily driven by ideas voted on by our users. Here are the current planned releases, and links to their respective milestones in our bug tracker.
| Version | Planned |
|---|---|
| 2.6 | July 7, 2008 |
| 2.7 | November 10, 2008 |
The month prior to a release new features are frozen and the focus is entirely ensuring the quality of the release by eliminating bugs and profiling the code for any performance issues.
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 |
|---|---|
| 1.0 | Miles Davis |
| 1.2 | Charles Mingus |
| 1.5 | Billy Strayhorn |
| 2.0 | Duke Ellington |
| 2.1 | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 2.2 | Stan Getz |
| 2.3 | Dexter Gordon |
| 2.5 | Michael Brecker |
There were three releases before 1.0 that were not named.
| Version | Date |
|---|---|
| .70 | May 27, 2003 |
| 1.0 | January 3, 2004 |
| 1.2 | May 22, 2004 |
| 1.5 | February 17, 2005 |
| 2.0 | December 31, 2005 |
| 2.1 | January 22, 2007 |
| 2.2 | May 16, 2007 |
| 2.3 | September 24, 2007 |
| 2.5 | March 29, 2008 |