MathType-powered equation editing was already built into Synap Editor.
Now it's officially recognized.
Synap Editor is now listed as an official global partner on Wiris's Partnerships page, alongside Google for Education, Microsoft 365, Canvas, Moodle, and CKEditor. The listing confirms what teams building on Synap Editor already rely on: a MathType-powered plugin that brings real, editable math equations and chemical formulas into the browser, not screenshots pasted in as images. |
| An official listing, not just a claim
Wiris keeps its Partnerships page reserved for platforms it works with directly to bring MathType, Nubric, and WirisQuizzes to their users. The current list runs across learning platforms such as Google for Education, Microsoft 365, Canvas, Moodle, Blackboard by Anthology, and Brightspace by D2L, alongside a small set of HTML and XML editors, including CKEditor, Froala, and Fonto by RWS. Synap Editor now sits in that same list.
For a rich text editor, that placement is worth more than a logo. It puts Synap Editor in the same integration tier as the editors most web platforms already look at first when they need equation support, and it signals that the MathType plugin isn't a side project. It's built and maintained with Wiris directly involved.
Google for Education | Microsoft 365 | Canvas | Moodle |
CKEditor | Froala | Fonto by RWS | Synap Editor |
See the full partner list on Wiris →
| What WIRIS and MathType bring to the table
WIRIS is the company behind MathType, the equation editor used across textbook publishing, learning management systems, and technical documentation to display math notation online. Rather than dropping a screenshot of a formula onto a page, MathType renders equations as structured, editable objects, using a classic template-based input mode alongside handwriting recognition, so an author can type or draw an equation and get back something both a reader and a screen reader can actually parse.
That's the same engine Synap Editor now plugs into directly.
| Inside the Synap Editor MathType plugin
Synap Editor's equation editor plugin runs on that same MathType engine, added to the toolbar as two dedicated buttons. Here's the plugin actually running inside Synap Editor.
ƒ Math equations
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The MathType editor building the quadratic formula inside Synap Editor
Insert and edit mathematical notation directly inside a Synap Editor document. Equations are stored through MathType's engine instead of being flattened into an image, so they stay fully editable. Reopen the document later, click a formula, and it drops back into the editor exactly as it was written.
⚖ Chemical formulas (ChemType)
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ChemType writing a reaction equation inside Synap Editor
A second toolbar button switches to ChemType, MathType's dedicated mode for chemical notation, structural formulas, and reaction equations, handled with the same interface as the math button.
Both sit behind a single plugin, in line with how Synap Editor is built more broadly: a lightweight base editor with specialized modules, like AI assistant integrations or the equation editor, added only where a team actually needs them. Because it's a commercial add-on, turning it on means a short setup step through Synapsoft rather than a toolbar toggle, but once it's wired in, math and chemistry live in the same document as tables, shapes, and everything else Synap Editor already handles.
| Where this actually matters
The teams this helps most are the ones already fighting with equations somewhere else.
🎓 E-learning platforms Quizzes and course material that need formulas to look right for every student. | ✅ Exam & assessment systems Equations that render consistently across devices and browsers. |
📚 STEM & technical publishers Moving print content online without losing notation fidelity. | 📄 Internal documentation tools Formulas that live next to a table or a diagram in the same document. |
For most of them, the alternative is a separate equation tool, an exported image, and a hope that it still looks right on a different screen. A MathType-backed plugin removes that step entirely.
| FAQ
Is Synap Editor an official Wiris partner? Yes. Synap Editor is listed on Wiris's official Partnerships page, in the same partner network as Google for Education, Microsoft 365, Canvas, Moodle, and CKEditor. |
Does Synap Editor include MathType by default? No, not in the base editor. The MathType-powered equation and chemical formula editor ships as a separate plugin. Contact the Synapsoft team to get it added to your setup. |
Are equations created with the plugin editable later, or are they just images? They're editable. The plugin stores equations through MathType's own engine rather than converting them to static images, so a formula can be reopened and changed at any point. |
Does the plugin support chemistry as well as math? Yes. It adds two toolbar buttons: one for standard math equations and one for ChemType, MathType's mode for chemical notation. |
How do I turn the plugin on in my Synap Editor setup? It's a commercial add-on rather than a default toolbar item, so it needs a short setup step. Contact Synapsoft to get access and add the formula buttons to your toolbar configuration. |
| Built on a standard the web already trusts
Equation editors are one of those things nobody really wants to build from scratch, and nobody wants to get wrong either. A direct partnership with Wiris means Synap Editor doesn't have to guess at how math and chemistry notation should work online. It runs on the same engine that already handles equation editing across Moodle, Canvas, CKEditor, and the rest of the platforms on that partner list, wired into a browser-based editor that also imports Word documents natively, runs real Excel functions inside a table, and lets several people edit the same page at once.
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