Unable to get Mathjax extension to work in Mediawiki

Question

I am trying to install Mathjax on a mediawiki installation. From the official page for the extension, I followed all the steps.

1. Downloaded the latest zip distribution, uploaded and extracted it to /home/user/public_html/wiki/ (the directory where the wiki installation lies)

2. Checked that it works by going to:

   http://www.mysitename.com/wiki/mathjax/test/sample.html

   Here I see nicely rendered math.

3. Placed MathJax.php and mwMathJaxConfig.js in the folder:

   public_html/wiki/extensions/MathJax
   

4. Appended the LocalSettings.php as instructed by adding the following code:

   require_once("/home/user/public_html/wiki/extensions/MathJax/MathJax.php");
   $wgMathJaxJS = array("/mathjax/MathJax.js" => "/home/user/public_html/wiki/extensions/MathJax/mwMathJaxConfig.js");
   

I have tediously checked that the directory paths are all right and removed any errors. I do not get any errors anymore, but the MathJax just won't render. How do I get mathjax to work on my wiki?

Answer 1

You were probably using an incompatible version for the MW installation you have. Probably too late to answer, but the extension has been updated to work with MW1.18.