It required the actual dns name, and MathJax.js as the filename: http://ec2-[…].compute-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/plugins/mathjax-latex/MathJax/MathJax.js Requiring the dns name is unfortunate since that changes each time if I stop and later reactivate the VM.
The Mathjax plugin provides a filter named mathjax_config that can be used to add config parameters, something similar to this should do the trick: add_filter( ‘mathjax_config’, function() { return [‘Tex’ => [ ‘extensions’=> [ ‘path/to/mchem.js’] ] ]; }); In the event you’d like to remove dependency on the plugin, you’ll need to enqueue the mathjax … Read more
You can tell wp-Typography to not process the code inside certain elements — go to Settings » wp-Typography in your site’s backend and add the appropriate items to the appropriate areas. If you’re not sure what the appropriate items are, have a look at the source of one of the pages where you’ve got some … Read more
Either do not use any linebreaks in the LaTeX code, or (what should be preferred) add the following to your functions.php file: remove_filter(‘HOPEFULLY-THERE-IS-A-FITTING-FILTER-IN-THE-SHORTCODE-FUNCTION’, ‘wpautop’); Iff there is such a filter, though.