KaTeX
Use the fastest math typesetting library on your website.
5(16 reviews)
·2.0K+ active installs·Updated 8 months agoAs of April 2026, KaTeX is a WordPress tex plugin with 2.0K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 16 reviews. It has been downloaded 39K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.0+ and PHP 5.3+. Available on WordPress.org since 2018. Downloads are down 7% this week. Support resolution rate: 0%. Top alternative: Insert math.
5/516 reviews
2.0K+active installs
0%resolved
8 yearssince 2018
Overview
The KaTeX WordPress plugin enables you to use the fastest TeX math typesetting engine on your WordPress website. You can include TeX inside a [katex]...[/katex] shortcode or in a Gutenberg block. Either way the math will render beautifully on your website. When using Gutenberg blocks, the equations will render immediately inside your editor!
Equations in blocks or using the [katex display=true]...[/katex] shortcode will render on page in display mode–with bigger symbols–centered on their own line.
For compatibility with other LaTeX plugins, this plugin optionally supports [latex]...[/latex] shortcodes.
Assets
This plugin includes minified assets provided by the KaTeX project.
The source code is available in the KaTeX git repository on GitHub.
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Updates again
by gkoper·8 months ago
Thanks to Tom for reopening this plugin for updates. It must have been a chore to satisfy the “administrators” but the result is great. I have been using KaTeX all the time. WordPress complained about lack of updates where there was no real reason other than administrative. I am sure also in the future, updating only means adapting to new rules.
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Rendering inline
by Difa·2 years ago
RTL equation in RTL websites!
by مرتضی رستگار·2 years ago·1 reply
This plugin have no options at all! and sets its direction by global direction that means RTL equations in RTL websites!
Great plugiin
by macadk·3 years ago
This is a great plugin for everyone who wants to use the power of LaTeX or KaTeX to display properly typeset math on their site.
My favourite aspect of this plugin is how the Ka block displays a preview of the formatted text. While you can insert KaTeX statements using the shortcode block, if you do that, then the equations will be left justified, and there is little to do about it. Using the KaTeX block, the calculations will be properly centred between the margins set by your theme.
Great job by the developer! I hope that the plugin will continue to be maintained so that we don’t lose compatibility with the latest versions of WordPress, as there are very few options otherwise.
Versatile
by mrezatavakol·4 years ago
Fortunately, this is compatible with Elementor!
Download Trends
Today: 13Yesterday: 13This week: 83Period total: 6K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.0+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5 |
| PHP | 5.3+ required |
Version Adoption
v2.2
97.2%
Other
2.8%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
2.2.5
- As per WordPress’s guidelines, remove the ability to fetch KaTeX resources through jsDelivr’s CDN.
- Various internal improvements based on WordPress’s Plugin Check.
Contributors
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