Writing

Make their writing process even smoother.

Writing can be tough. That’s why Jetpack includes modules that make the writing process easier. Post directly to your blog with an email, easily embed content with a shortcode, or use LaTeX to display complex mathematical equations and formulas.

• Jetpack Blocks - The WordPress Block Editor transforms your way of writing from a single document to a collection of meaningful elements (blocks), with explicit structure. Jetpack includes some blocks of its own, which can help you create your pages exactly the way you want them.
• Comment Likes - Comment Likes: how to like comments and control how Comment Likes appear on your site. You’re involved in an interesting conversation in the comments section of a post on your favorite blog. Another commenter says something particularly astute, and you’d like to show them you appreciate their comment. Comment Likes are a fun, easy way to […]
• Markdown - Markdown lets you compose posts and comments with links, lists, and other styles using regular characters and punctuation marks. Markdown is used by writers and bloggers who want a quick and easy way to write rich text, without having to take their hands off the keyboard, and without learning a lot of complicated codes and shortcuts.
• Shortcode Embeds - Shortcodes allow you to embed videos from YouTube, tweets from Twitter, and other media across the web directly in to your WordPress-powered site. The module also allows you to embed elements by pasting URLs on a line by itself in your visual editor.
• Beautiful Math with LaTeX - LaTeX is a powerful markup language for writing complex mathematical equations, formulas, and more.
• Post by Email - Post by Email is a way of publishing posts on your blog by email. Any email client can be used to send the email, allowing you to publish quickly and easily from devices such as cell phones.

Beautiful Math with LaTeX

LaTeX is a powerful markup language for writing complex mathematical equations, formulas, and more. Jetpack combines the power of LaTeX and the simplicity of WordPress to give you the ultimate in math blogging platforms.

This module is now enabled by default. If you do not see the functionality described below, please visit Control Jetpack’s Modules on One Page to learn how to activate it.

Using LaTeX

To include $\LaTeX$ code in your post, use the following:

$latex your-latex-code-here$

So, for example,

$latex i\hbar\frac{\partial}{\partial t}\left|\Psi(t)\right>=H\left|\Psi(t)\right>$

produces

$i\hbar\frac{\partial}{\partial t}\left|\Psi(t)\right>=H\left|\Psi(t)\right>$

LaTeX Error

If your $\LaTeX$ code is broken, instead of the equation you’ll see an ugly yellow and red error message. Sorry, we can’t provide support for $\LaTeX$ syntax, but there are plenty of useful guides elsewhere online. Or a quick post in our forums might find you a solution. One thing to keep in mind is that WordPress puts all of your $\LaTeX$ code inside a $\LaTeX$ math environment. If you try to use $\LaTeX$ that doesn’t work inside the math environment (such as \begin{align} ... \end{align}), you will get an error:

$\LaTeX&s=X$

LaTeX Size

You can change the size of the LaTeX by specifying an s parameter after the $\LaTeX$ code.

$latex \LaTeX&s=X$

Where X goes from -4 to 4 (0 is the default). These sizes correspond to $\LaTeX$‘s font size commands:

s= font size Example
-4 \tiny $\LaTeX$
-3 \scriptsize $\LaTeX$
-2 \footnotesize $\LaTeX$
-1 \small $\LaTeX$
0 \normalsize (12pt) $\LaTeX$
1 \large $\LaTeX$
2 \Large $\LaTeX$
3 \LARGE $\LaTeX$
4 \huge $\LaTeX$

LaTeX Colors

WordPress tries to guess the background and foreground colors of your site and generates the $\LaTeX$ image accordingly. But, you can change the colors. You can specify bg and fg parameters after the $\LaTeX$ code to change the background and foreground colors, respectively. The colors must be in hexadecimal RGB format: ffffff for white, 0000ff for bright blue, etc.

$latex \LaTeX&bg=ffcccc&fg=cc00ff&s=4$

$\LaTeX$

LaTeX Packages

WordPress.com uses standard $\LaTeX$ with the following packages:

• amsmath
• amsfonts
• amssymb

For more information about $\LaTeX$, you can visit LaTeX documentation site and TeX Resources by American Mathematical Society.

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