Title: Youngwhan&#039;s Simple Latex
Author: breadncup
Published: <strong>November 30, 2009</strong>
Last modified: December 4, 2023

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# Youngwhan's Simple Latex

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[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/youngwhans-simple-latex.2.0.1.zip)

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## Description

The usage is simple.

In your post, write LaTeX syntax encapsulated by [math] and [/math].

[math]{Latex Syntax}[/math].

For example, [math]x^2+y^2[/math]

It uses the Mathjax (https://www.mathjax.org) since the 2.0 version

#### How to use

 * Usage : [math]{Latex Syntax}[/math]
 * Example: [math]x^2+y^2[/math]

#### YW Latex Settings

No Setting is required.

## Screenshots

[⌊When you write LaTeX syntax in your post⌉⌊When you write LaTeX syntax in your 
post⌉[

When you write LaTeX syntax in your post

[⌊Showing the webpage⌉⌊Showing the webpage⌉[

Showing the webpage

## FAQ

### What is latex?

 * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaTeX](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaTeX)

### (La)Tex Syntax References

 * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mathematical_symbols](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mathematical_symbols)

## Reviews

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### 󠀁[CODING](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/coding-6/)󠁿

 [khouadri1994](https://profiles.wordpress.org/khouadri1994/) February 7, 2017

Hi i have a Sensei Woothemes wp plugin that create online courses, and the problem
is that it doesn’t recognize the latex code to display the maths formulas so it 
should be modified(code should be integrated to its core files). can annyone help
me figure out this thing i am willing to pay 100$ by paypal to the one who figure
it out. this is my e-mail : kmehdi@iastate.edu feel free to contact me Thanks,

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## Contributors & Developers

“Youngwhan's Simple Latex” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ breadncup ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/breadncup/)

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### Interested in development?

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check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/youngwhans-simple-latex/),
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## Changelog

#### 2.0.1

 * Bug fixes for not showing comment field

#### 2.0.0

 * Removed mathex way.
 * Adopt Mathjax JS helper

#### 1.62

 * Fix the existing option field that was not applied properly

#### 1.61

 * Cleaned up existing cgi location by providing settings class
 * Starting version recording

#### 1.6

 * Added a feature to uninstall to remove options.
 * Added a feature to install CGI automatically.
 * Fixed an issue that an image is not aligned properly.

#### 1.5.6

 * Revert the default cgi to mathtex.cgi for better image quality and update readme.
   txt about the description/FAQ

#### 1.5.5

 * Default cgi location has changed from http://www.forkosh.com/mathtex.cgi to http://
   www.forkosh.com/mimetex.cgi

#### 1.5.4

 * Bump version 5o 1.5.4 for WordPress 4.0 compatible check

#### 1.5.3

 * Bump version to 1.5.3 and minor cosmetic changes

#### 1.5.2

 * Minor fix again for the rendering in the comment.

#### 1.5.1

 * Minor update that it needs to reserve whitespaces in other options.

#### 1.5

 * Removed wpautop functionality for this plugin’s shortcode, “math”.

#### 1.4.2

 * changed all versions to match 1.4.2

#### 1.4.1

 * Minor updated for readme.txt to follow WordPress readme.txt format

#### 1.4.0

 * Keep the version and updated readme.txt for the standard format
 * I updated Forkosh’s CGI location since it has changed.

#### 1.3.0

 * Added a feature to enable writing latex in comments.

#### 1.2.1

 * Fix a bug in 1.2.0 printing ‘n’, which was a typo.

#### 1.2.0

 * Added “align” option in “[math]” tag.

#### 1.1.0

 * Added “pre” option

#### 1.0.3

 * Updated readme.txt

#### 1.0.2

 * Modified small readme.txt

#### 1.0

 * I created the first version of the LaTex plugin for WordPress.

## Meta

 *  Version **2.0.1**
 *  Last updated **3 years ago**
 *  Active installations **200+**
 *  WordPress version ** 2.5 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.4.8**
 *  PHP version ** 5.0 or higher **
 * Tags
 * [equation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/equation/)[latex](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/latex/)
   [math](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/math/)[MathJaX](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/mathjax/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/youngwhans-simple-latex/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5 out of 5 stars.

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## Contributors

 *   [ breadncup ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/breadncup/)

## Support

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