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Google Sites has no equation editor and no LaTeX support. Paste \beta or a matrix into a text box and it stays there as literal characters. This page has a free tool that converts LaTeX into a block of HTML you paste straight into Google Sites through Insert → Embed → Embed code. No account, no add-on, no subscription.
Google Docs has an equation editor. Google Slides has one. Google Sites has neither, and it has no LaTeX rendering either. If you write economics, statistics, physics, engineering or anything else that needs notation, the page builder simply has no way to display it. There is no setting to turn on and no official add-on that fixes it.
Everyone hits this the same way: you write your derivation, paste it in, and watch it render as a wall of backslashes.
The options that circulate are all real, and all of them cost you something:
Screenshots from another editor. Works once. Then you find a typo, and you have to reopen the editor, re-render, re-crop, re-upload. Screenshots also blur on high-resolution screens because they're captured at whatever size your monitor happened to be.
Image URLs from a rendering service. You build a long URL with your LaTeX inside it and point an image at it. The catch is that LaTeX is full of characters that break URLs, so every equation has to be URL-encoded by hand before it works. It also makes every equation on your site a permanent dependency on someone else's server staying online and free.
Loading MathJax through an embed. Technically the closest to correct, and it's what most tutorials suggest. But the script has to download and run on every page view, inside every embed frame separately, which means visitors watch raw LaTeX for a moment before it snaps into formatting.
Marketplace add-ons. The well-known LaTeX add-ons are built for Docs and Slides. They don't extend to Sites, which is exactly where the gap is.
Moving off Google Sites. The nuclear option, and the honest answer for some people. But if your site works fine otherwise, rebuilding it because of one missing feature is a lot of work to solve a small problem.
Step 1: Write your LaTeX
Type into the input box the way you'd write in a LaTeX document. Wrap inline math in single dollar signs and centered equations in double dollar signs. AMS environments work, so bmatrix, pmatrix, align and cases are all available — matrices and multi-line derivations included. You can mix explanatory text and formulas freely; a blank line starts a new paragraph, # makes a heading, **text** makes bold.
Step 2: Copy the generated HTML
The output box fills in as you type. Click Copy HTML.
Step 3: Paste it into Google Sites
Open the page you're editing. Choose Insert → Embed → Embed code, paste, click Next, then Insert. Drag the frame to the suggested height shown in the output header — the tool calculates it for you.
That's the whole process. Edit the LaTeX later and you regenerate and re-paste; nothing else in your page changes.
The generated HTML contains your equations already drawn as vector graphics. Nothing loads at page view: no scripts, no fonts, no external images, no calls to any server. Three consequences worth knowing:
It renders instantly. No flash of unformatted LaTeX while a script downloads.
It doesn't rot. If this tool disappears tomorrow, every equation you already pasted keeps rendering, because there's no dependency left to break.
It stays sharp. Vector output scales to any screen and any zoom level without softening the way a screenshot does.
Embed frames are fixed height. Google Sites won't resize a frame to fit its contents, so you set the height by hand. The tool tells you what number to use.
Embedded content isn't indexed. Google Sites doesn't include embedded code in its site search, and search engines don't credit iframe content to your page. If a section matters for search, write a plain-text summary of it outside the frame.
Screen readers can't read the equations. Vector drawings carry no text. If accessibility matters for your audience, add a short spoken-form description near each equation — "beta hat equals X prime X inverse, times X prime y."
Each block is a separate frame. For a page with several sections, generate one block per section rather than one enormous frame.
Does Google Sites support LaTeX? No. Google Sites has no LaTeX rendering and no equation editor. LaTeX typed into a text box stays as literal text.
Is this free? Yes. No account, no sign-up, no limits. It runs entirely in your browser — your LaTeX is never sent anywhere.
Do I need to install anything? No. It's a web page. Nothing installs into your Google account and nothing needs permission to access your files.
Will my equations break if this site goes down? No. The HTML you paste contains the drawn equations themselves, not a link to them.
Can I edit an equation after publishing? Yes. Regenerate the block with your corrected LaTeX and replace the embed code on your page.
Does it work on the classic version of Google Sites? The embed code feature described here is part of the current Google Sites. Classic Sites is retired.
Can I use this outside Google Sites? Yes. The output is ordinary self-contained HTML, so it works in Notion embeds, WordPress custom HTML blocks, Wix, Squarespace, learning management systems, or any CMS that accepts an HTML block.