Is there a way to use MathJax 3 instead? It’s much smaller and can therefore reduce load times and improve page speed. What’s New in MathJax v3.0 — MathJax 3.2 documentation I tried switching the URL, but I don’t know exactly which version to pick from the modular build.

We are now on Version 4.1 of Mathjax :confetti_ball: [image] A new release of Discourse Math megaphoneAnnouncements I am very happy to announce a major upgrade to our Discourse Math plugin! Special thanks goes to @mcmcclur who helped test and build much of the new and upgraded discourse-math. This is a very significant change – we upgraded all the way from version 2.x up to version 4.1 of MathJax, catching up with years of features and advances. Additionally, we amended our design to make it significantly easier to upgrade the plugin in the future. Our new iteration is much friendlier to LLM outputs, whic…

You might be interested in @sam’s reply to my query a few months back regarding plans to update the plugin to MathJax 3: Absolutely open to it, if someone feels like helping out I would be delighted. As I’d tracked down in that thread, because MathJax 3 handles its config file differently than MathJax 2.x does, upgrading this plugin will require more than just changing the URL.

Can Mathjax be upgraded to Version 3?

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sam (Sam Saffron) January 16, 2026, 5:45am 3

We are now on Version 4.1 of Mathjax

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Can Mathjax be upgraded to Version 3?

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