WordPress 2.8 "Baker"

About WordPress 2.8

General Info

WordPress 2.8 "Baker" is the 12th version of WordPress. It was named after the jazz musician Chet Baker.

This version was released 15 years ago, on June 10th 2009. It had a lifespan of 191 days (~6 months).

Version 2.8 had 6 minor versions, the last one released 15 years ago on November 12th 2009.

This is a very old version of WordPress, it's no longer supported.

The entire 2.8 branch with all its minor versions was downloaded 13,117,556 times.

wp.org stats show that 2.8 branch with all its minor versions is being used by a negligible number of sites.

Release Announcement

2.8 Release Jazzes Themes and Widgets

 

Minor Versions

2.8.1 July 9, 2009 Maintenance and Security Release
2.8.2 July 20, 2009 Security Release
2.8.3 August 3, 2009 Security Release
2.8.4 August 12, 2009 Security Release
2.8.5 October 20, 2009 Maintenance and Security Release
2.8.6 November 12, 2009 Security Release

Release Video

WordPress 2.8 Development

Minimum Requirements

PHP version 4.3 or greater.

MySQL version 4.0 or greater.

 

Trac

WordPress 2.8 database version 11548.

WordPress 2.8 trac revision 11550.

WordPress 2.8 closed 712 trac tickets (major release only).

 

Download

WordPres 2.8 zip ( md5 | sha1 )

WordPres 2.8 tar.gz ( md5 | sha1 )

WordPres 2.8 IIS zip ( md5 | sha1 )

 

External Libraries

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Retrieve data from DisplayWP API

Source

Retrieve the data for this version using DisplayWP API.

Source: https://displaywp.com/wp-json/data/v1/version/28

 

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