WordPress Visual History

I thought I would take a look at how WordPress has changed over the years. For no reason, except because sometimes I can be an incredibly boring man. Over 5,500 files and 13 major releases of WordPress later, I’ve put together a video and some images of the changes to the WordPress login screen and initial page once logged in (now the Dashboard, but used to be the Write screen).

I was only unable to get version 1.2 working, though I didn’t try very hard to be honest.

A brief summary of the different versions of WordPress are listed below.

Version
Jazz MusicianDate of Release
Zip Size
0.7
UnnamedTuesday, May 27, 2003
224KB
1
Miles DavisSaturday, January 03, 2004
271KB
1.2
Charles MingusSaturday, May 22, 2004
310KB
1.5
Billy StrayhornThursday, February 17, 2005
346KB
2
Duke EllingtonSaturday, December 31, 2005
589KB
2.1
Ella FitzgeraldMonday, January 22, 2007
829KB
2.2
Stan GetzWednesday, May 16, 2007
953KB
2.3
Dexter GordonMonday, September 24, 2007
0.99MB
2.5
Michael BreckerSaturday, March 29, 2008
1.3MB
2.6
McCoy TynerTuesday, July 15, 2008
1.44MB
2.7
John ColtraneWednesday, December 10, 2008
1.76MB
2.8
Chet BakerThursday, June 11, 2009
2.23MB
2.9
Carmen McRaeFriday, December 18, 2009
2.39MB

[Some info from the WordPress Roadmap]

I’ve also put together a couple of images showing the changes to the WordPress login screen and dashboard. Click on the images to enlarge, and depending on your browser you may have to click again to see it full screen:

All WordPress Logins All WordPress Dashboards

To all geeks like me, enjoy!

4 thoughts on “WordPress Visual History”

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  2. Hi Joel,

    Nice video! 🙂

    Also, good to know that WordPress has always been updating to get through its convenience. I can say I've been using WordPress for about 5 years now and so far all changes has made my blogging even better.

    Tyrone

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