Wrap all matched elements with a structure of other elements. This wrapping process is most useful for injecting additional stucture into a document, without ruining the original semantic qualities of a document. This works by going through the first element provided (which is generated, on the fly, from the provided HTML) and finds the deepest ancestor element within its structure - it is that element that will en-wrap everything else. This does not work with elements that contain text. Any necessary text must be added after the wrapping is done. A string of HTML, that will be created on the fly and wrapped around the target. $("p").wrap("<div class='wrap'></div>"); <div class='wrap'><p>Test Paragraph.</p></div> <p>Test Paragraph.</p> Wrap all matched elements with a structure of other elements. This wrapping process is most useful for injecting additional stucture into a document, without ruining the original semantic qualities of a document. This works by going through the first element provided and finding the deepest ancestor element within its structure - it is that element that will en-wrap everything else. This does not work with elements that contain text. Any necessary text must be added after the wrapping is done. A DOM element that will be wrapped around the target. $("p").wrap( document.getElementById('content') ); <div id="content"><p>Test Paragraph.</p></div> <p>Test Paragraph.</p><div id="content"></div>