Easy WP LaTeX

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Tags: latex, tex, maths, equation, equations, formula, formulas
Requires at least: 2.5
Tested up to: 3.4
Stable tag: 3.20

Easy WP LaTeX provides a very easy way to display math and equations in your posts using LaTeX. Lets you customize colors and sizes of your equations.

Description

Easy WP LaTeX provides a very easy way to display equations or mathematical formulas (typed in as TeX or LaTeX code) in your posts. It lets you customize colors and sizes of your equations to match your blog theme.

Most LaTeX/equation plugins I have seen suffer from a few drawbacks.

They require installations of TeX or other packages on your server.
They are fairly inflexible in terms of colors of text and background.
Each time you switch your theme, you have to re-configure your color scheme.
They may not let you choose how to input LaTeX code. ([math]...[/math] or $$...$$) without editing the plugin code.

My plugin aims to be flexible, and easy to install (no geeky code editing etc.).

PS: You may need to change the file permission of the cache.

If you like Easy WP LaTeX, you may want to check out my other plugins: Easy AdSense and Theme Tweaker.

Alternatives

Latex for WordPess by zhiqiang, on which this plugin is based, has caching and JS based image generation. But it lacks intuitive color matching and theme-dependent settings.
JetPack also lets you insert LaTeX formulas, again color matching is not easy.

New in this Release

Introducing internationalization using Google/Microsoft Translate Widgets.

Upgrade Notice

3.20

Introducing internationalization using Google/Microsoft Translate Widgets.

Screenshots

1. How to set the options for *Easy WP LaTeX*.

2. *Easy WP LaTeX* in action - on my own blog.

Installation

Plugin Installation Help.

Upload the Easy WP LaTeX plugin (the whole easy-latex folder) to the '/wp-content/plugins/' directory.
Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress.
Go to the Setup -> Easy WP LaTeX and set options.
If instructed, set the file permission of the cache directory.

Frequently Asked Questions

How come there is not a single frequently asked question?

Two possible reasons.

Easy WP LaTeX is so simple and straight-forward that no question could be thought of.
More likely, the plugin is too new for any questions.

Change Log

Past

V2.20: Introducing internationalization using Google/Microsoft Translate Widgets. [May 17, 2013]
V3.11: Fixes in the plugin updater. [Oct 17, 2012]
V3.10: Rolling out update check and install from the Admin interface. [Sep 30,2012]
V3.05: Taking care of some debug notices from WordPress debug mode. [Aug 28, 2012]
V3.04: Testing for WP3.41. [July 11, 2012]
V3.03: Renaming the plugin -- dropping the word Lite. [May 7, 2012]
V3.02: Minor bug fix. [Apr 21, 2012]
V3.01: Documentation changes and minor code cleanup. [Apr 21, 2012]
V3.00: Lite version release to WP repository. [Mar 3, 2012]
V2.01: Documentation and admin-page display changes. Non-critical. [Aug 30, 2011]
V2.00: Renaming the plugin to Easy WP LaTeX to avoid name clash with another program (unrelated to WordPress). [Jun 23, 2011]
V1.40: Making caching and link-backs optional, improving the admin page interface, W3C certification. [Jul 15, 2009]
V1.31: Coding improvements, replacing "absmiddle" attribute with style:vertical-align. [Jan 5, 2009]
V1.30: Theme-specific configurations saved, so that if you switch back and forth between themes, you don't have to change the settings. [Dec 28, 2008]
V1.20: Tested with Wordprss 2.7. Style modifications in the Admin-menu page to match the new Wordprss. [Dec 13, 2008]
V1.10: Added a color picker to customize the color. (Color picker by http://jscolor.com). Implemented Wordpress style sheets for better look and feel integration. Added an option to change the output font size. Coding improvements. [Dec. 7, 2008]
V1.01: Added "Settings" link to the WP plugin page. [Nov 30, 2008]
V1.00: Initial release. [Nov 29, 2008]