Discourse Math

:discourse2: Summary Discourse Math uses MathJax (default) or KaTeX to render maths in your Discourse forum.
:hammer_and_wrench: Repository Link https://github.com/discourse/discourse-math
:open_book: Install Guide How to install plugins in Discourse

Enabling Math

The Math plugin can be enabled from its settings, accessed from your admin/plugins page:

Features

Once enabled, you can render inline math by wrapping with a single $ like so: $E=mc^2$.

You can render blocks of maths by wrapping with $$

$$
\sqrt{(-1)} \; 2^3 \; \sum \; \pi
$$

Discourse Math uses a heuristic to ensure that sentences such as: โ€œI spent 20$ and another 100$โ€ do not get converted.

When using MathJax, you can also enable asciimath processing which uses % as a delimiter: %E=mc^2%

Site Settings

  • See all relevant site settings by searching your admin settings for โ€œmathโ€
Name Description
discourse math enabled Enable Discourse Math plugin (will add special processing to $ and $$ blocks)
discourse math provider Default math rendering provider [mathjax/katex]
discourse math zoom on hover Zoom 200% on hover (MathJax only)
discourse math enable accessibility Enable accessibility features (MathJax only)
discourse math enable asciimath Enable asciimath (will add special processing to % delimited input) (MathJax only)

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