Plugging my Plugin
I tried various LaTeX WordPress math plugins and didn’t like any of them. In fact, I thought they were all pretty awful. Wedging ancient TeX technology into the world of HTML seems to be an impedance mismatch. Don’t get me started on MathML. That is a nonstarter.
Every time I tried a new WordPress theme things turned ugly so I rolled my own that uses straight HTML. I’m no Donald Knuth, but it does what I need. Here are some tests:
Use standard HTML entities for anything other than sub and superscripts
α^2^ + β^2^ = γ^2^
α2 + β2 = γ2
Use curly braces for grouping
a_{b_1_ + 2}_
ab1 + 2
Feel free to hardwire standard HTML if you think that will make things look better.
∫_a_^b^ f(x) dx
∫ab f(x) dx