Wikipedia with MathJax

Renders Wikipedia equations with MathJax

Wikipedia with MathJax Chrome Extension

"Wikipedia with MathJax" is a Chrome extension that dramatically improves the viewing of mathematical equations on Wikipedia. Utilizing the open-source MathJax library, it replaces bitmap-encoded equations in Wikipedia articles with fully scalable HTML-CSS equivalents, allowing you to scale your view of the page without compromising equation quality. Additionally, it provides useful features such as instant equation zoom, a context menu with additional scaling options and the ability to view source TeX equations.
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Extension stats

Users: 6,000+
Rating: 4.58
(57)
Version: 0.0.13 (Last updated: 2018-03-13)
Creation date: 2018-03-13
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Size: 49.01K

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Extension summary

Extension replaces Wikipedia bitmap equations with HTML-CSS ones by re-rendering them with an open source MathJax (http://mathjax.org/) library. In effect, this allows to scale Wikipedia pages without loosing in equation quality.

Left-Click on equation to instantly zoom it to 200% (can be changed via MathJax menu).

Right-Click on equation to show MathJax's context menu with additional options, e.g. "Scale All Math..." to instantly scale all equations on a page, "TeX commands" to see the source TeX equation etc.

Extension is now published under New BSD License (https://github.com/bgromov/wiki-mathjax/blob/master/LICENSE.md) with the source code available here (https://github.com/bgromov/wiki-mathjax).

For bug reports and feature requests, please use the Issue tracker (https://github.com/bgromov/wiki-mathjax/issues).

UPDATE:

v.0.0.13:

  • Change MathJax CDN to CDNJS (Thanks to Lorenzo Cameroni and Peter Krautzberger).
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User reviews

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Pros
  • Nice rendering of mathematical formulas.
  • Ability to translate Wikipedia formulas into LaTeX code.
  • Works well with the standard Wikipedia interface.
Cons
  • Incompatibility issues with the Dark Reader extension.
  • Zoom function becomes unusable.
  • Some equations are not rendered properly or are partially cut off depending on zoom level.
Most mentioned
  • Compatibility issues with new Chrome versions.
  • Request to extend functionality to Wikiwand and WikiBooks.
  • Problems with rendering on specific Wikipedia pages.
User reviews
Chrome is stating MathJax for Wikipedia will not be compatible with new Chrome versions very soon. What's the upgrade plan?
by John S Wolter, 2024-08-02

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by Luciano, 2022-10-30

Works OK on it's own, but when combined with the "Dark Reader" extension, the formulas end up a different colour to the rest of the text, making it mostly unusable.
by David Gilbertson, 2021-12-16
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Wikipedia with MathJax requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

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