Best katex plugins for WordPress
The most popular katex plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. KaTeX leads with 2K+ active installs, ahead of WP-KaTeX (700+) and Glyphwell (10+). All 4 plugins tagged “katex” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 katex plugins
- 1.
KaTeXThe most installed katex plugin, with 2K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 16 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 2.
WP-KaTeX700+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 11 reviews, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
- 3.
Glyphwell10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 week ago.
- 4.
KaTeX Math RenderingFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
All 4 plugins tagged “katex”
KaTeX
Down in the last 7 days:3#4,192by Tom Churchman1 year ago
Use the fastest math typesetting library on your website.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(16)
- Downloads
- 24/day
WP-KaTeX
Down in the last 7 days:25#7,869by ascom7 years ago
Integrates the super-fast KaTeX LaTeX equation typesetting engine with WordPress. Create beautiful, yet performant math in your posts and pages.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 4.6(11)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Glyphwell
Up in the last 7 days:1,550#31,363by Ethan Lin13 days ago
Author beautiful math in the WordPress block editor with a WYSIWYG editor, symbol palette, matrix builder, and crisp rendering.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
KaTeX Math Rendering
Up in the last 7 days:4,873#66,816by Ella Van Durpe1 month ago
Renders the math of the Math block and the inline math format with KaTeX.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day