Title: Keep Backslashes
Last modified: March 31, 2023

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# Keep Backslashes

 *  [Henri](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ikonify/)
 * (@ikonify)
 * [3 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/keep-backslashes/)
 * When I write any equation with a backslash, for example`\frac`, and save or update
   the post the equation is in, the backslashes get stripped and the equations break.
 * Adding double backslash `\\` to escape this functionality is not a solution since
   the next time the page gets updated the backslash is removed again.
 * How do I preserve the backslashes so the equations keep working?

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