# LaTex in wordpress blog post.

This is  a test of $\LaTeX$

You see, it worked! No plugin to install, no setting to configure, it just work right away. So now you know $\LaTeX$ does work in wordpress blogs. To learn more about the use of LaTeX in wordpress visit their official FAQ page about $\LaTeX$.

To see this feature in more action or to be sure this LaTex engine works in more complex cases, lets try one scary looking equation I collected from wiki: $\mathcal{L}_\mathrm{H} = \left|\left(\partial_\mu + {i\over2} \left( g'Y_\mathrm{W}B_\mu +g\vec\tau\vec W_\mu \right)\right)\varphi\right|^2 \ - \ {\lambda^2\over4}\left(\varphi^\dagger\varphi-v^2\right)^2$
Which is generated by the following even more scary looking latex code:

$latex \mathcal{L}_\mathrm{H} = \left|\left(\partial_\mu + {i\over2} \left( g'Y_\mathrm{W}B_\mu +g\vec\tau\vec W_\mu \right)\right)\varphi\right|^2 \ - \ {\lambda^2\over4}\left(\varphi^\dagger\varphi-v^2\right)^2$

By looking at the above code you might start to think, “Ah! yes, wordpress is supporting $\LaTeX$ alright but it is not something that I will use, because it seem like I have to learn some complex syntax of LaTex and a lot of keywords to do something useful with it…”

Hmm! that’s partially true, because in the age of information technology you should already know that 99.99 percent problems/questions you will ever face/ask has a solution or has already been answered :| In our current case we have a free LaTex online editor. This will help you to generate LaTex codes (in WYSIWYG manner).

So without bragging more, I wish you happy math blogging and thanks to wordpress and codecogs for their great tools. :)

P.S. You may never need it but for the sake of having a reference you can download this almost complete list of available symbols and their codes.