Mediawiki extensions: math

Renders MathML in <math> blocks, falling back onto SVG.
I believe this extension is used by wikipedia itself as of 2021.

Documentation

official docs	https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Math
supported LaTeX syntax	https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Math/Help:Formula#Formatting_using_Template:TeX

Install

1. First, download the extension for your mediawiki version, extract to ${www}/mediawiki/extensions.

2. enable extension

# ${www}/mediawiki/LocalSettings.php

wfLoadExtension( 'Math' );

3. (backup then) run database updater

cd ${www}/mediawiki/maintenance
mysqldump --all-databases > out.sql
php update.php

4. Confirm plugin detected on Special:Version

5. Confirm plugin renders math alright on Special:MathStatus

Usage

Simply write tex between math tags.
Here are some examples:

<math>\exp_a b = a^b, \exp b = e^b, 10^m</math>

$\exp _{a}b=a^{b},\exp b=e^{b},10^{m}$

Configuration

Rendering Modes

All math is expressed in tex, but can be rendered in a variety of ways:

• MathML
• LaTex
• LaTeXML