WordPress Versions

Till now many versions of WordPress has launched. Some of them are older versions, some are older but still supported, some are latest and some are still not launched.

The name of WordPress versions are kept on the United States musicians name.

Older Versions

Version	Released date	Musician	Purpose
0.7	May 27, 2003	none	Numbering is continued with last release of b2
1.0	Jan 3, 2004	Davis	Additions of search engine friendly links
1.2	May 22, 2004	Mingus	Plugin support added
1.5	Feb 17, 2005	Strayhorn	Added features to manage static page and theme system
2.0	Dec 31, 2005	Duke	Added features like rich editing, faster posting, image uploading and many more
2.1	Jan 22, 2007	Ella	Redesigned interface, corrected security issues, improved editing tools and content management system
2.2	May 16, 2007	Getz	Widget support for templates were added
2.3	Sept 24, 2007	Dexter	Some security fixes, added native tagging support and brought easy notification of updates
2.5	Mar 29, 2008	Brecker	Improved systems like plugin, editor, multi-file upload, extended search
2.6	Jul 15, 2008	Tyner	Made WordPress as more powerful CMS, enables track changes to every post and page and allows posting from anywhere
2.7	Dec 11, 2008	Coltrane	Added automatic upgrade, administration interface redesigned fully
2.8	June10,2009	Baker	Redesigned widget interface, added improvement in speed
2.9	Dec 19, 2009	Carmen	Added built-in image editor, global undo, batch plugin updating
3.0	June17,2010	Thelonious	Added a new theme APIs, new default theme "Twenty Ten", new UI
3.1	Feb23, 2011	Reinhardt	Added admin bar which is displayed in all pages when admin is logged in, a new writing interface
3.2	Jul 4, 2011	Gershwin	Made WordPress faster and lighter seeing growing speed in WordPress community
3.3	Dec 12, 2011	Sonny	Focus on making WordPress familiar for tablet users and beginners
3.4	June13,2012	Green	Improvements on theme customization and other minor changes
3.5	Dec 11,2102	Elvin	new theme "Twenty Twelve", support for color picker, retina display
3.6	Aug 1, 2013	Oscar	New theme "Twenty Thirteen", autosave, post locking, admin enhancements

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Older Supported Versions

Version	Released date	Musician	Purpose
3.7	Oct 24, 2013	Basie	Automatic apply maintenance and security updates in background, recommendation of strong password
3.8	Dec 12, 2013	Parker	New theme "Twenty Fourteen", responsive for mobile devices, improved admin interface, easy main dashboard
3.9	Apr 16, 2014	Smith	New theme browser, improvements in live widget, header previews
4.0	Sept 4, 2014	Benny	Easy language change, plugin compatibility with PHP 5.5 and MySQL 5.6
4.1	Dec 18, 2014	Dinah	New theme "Twenty Fifteen", vine embeds and distraction free writing
4.2	Apr 23, 2015	Powell	"Press This" feature, emoji and improved character support
4.3	Aug 18, 2015	Billie	More focus on mobile users, improved customizer and better passwords
4.4	Dec 8, 2015	Clifford	New theme "Twenty Sixteen", improved responsive images
4.5	Apr 12, 2016	Coleman	Added live responsive features, inline linking and some other updates

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Latest Version

Version	Released date	Musician	Purpose
4.6	Aug 16, 2016	Pepper	Added native fonts, streamline updates and content recovery

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Future Version

Version	Released date	Musician	Purpose
4.7	Dec 2016	none	Release is scheduled for December 2016