# How to change the size of a LaTeX equation in wordpress

## Here’s how to change the size of a LaTeX equation in WordPress

First of all, here’s how you write an equation in LaTeX. Directly in your wordpress blog editor, under the “Text” tab, simply type in the following…
`\$latex x^2\$`

This will give you an equation that looks like this:
$x^2$

As it looks small and ugly, you might ask yourself, “self, how can I make the latex equation larger in my WordPress blog?”.

If you go to the docs you’ll probably type in something like this (where you replace `X` by some number, e.g., `X=4`).
`\$latex \LaTeX&s=4\$`

Unfortunately, you will get an ugly yellow and red error saying, “Formula does not parse”.
$\LaTeX$

Gah! So how do I get the formula to parse? Simple, instead of using the ampersand sign directly, you have to type in `&amp;` like this,
`\$latex \LaTeX&amp;s=4\$`

To give you this,
$\LaTeX$

Note that the `\huge` option does not seem to work. Also note that for some reason there can not be a space between the `\LaTeX` and the `&amp;`, but this spacing doesn’t seem to matter for other equations.

Let’s try our original equation… Type in
`\$latex x^2 &amp;s=4\$`

To show,
$x^2$