About WordPress 2.9
General Info
WordPress 2.9 "Carmen" is the 13th version of WordPress. It was named after the jazz musician Carmen McRae.
This version was released 15 years ago, on December 18th 2009. It had a lifespan of 181 days (~6 months).
Version 2.9 had 2 minor versions, the last one released 14 years ago on May 15th 2010.
This is a very old version of WordPress, it's no longer supported.
The entire 2.9 branch with all its minor versions was downloaded 11,736,732 times.
wp.org stats show that 2.9 branch with all its minor versions is being used by a negligible number of sites.
Release Announcement
WordPress 2.9, oh so fine
Minor Versions
| 2.9.1 | January 4, 2010 | Maintenance Release |
| 2.9.2 | May 15, 2010 | Maintenance and Security Release |
Release Video
WordPress 2.9 Development
Minimum Requirements
MySQL version 4.1.2 or greater.
Trac
WordPress 2.9 database version 12329.
WordPress 2.9 trac revision 12455.
WordPress 2.9 closed 434 trac tickets (major release only).
Download
WordPres 2.9 zip ( md5 | sha1 )
WordPres 2.9 tar.gz ( md5 | sha1 )
WordPres 2.9 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/29
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