Add before and after
<html> <head> <script type='text/javascript' src='js/jquery-1.3.2.js'></script> <script type='text/javascript'> $(document).ready( function() { $('p') .before( "<h4>Quotes</h4>" ) .after( "<p class='tmpAttribution'>\n" + " - after\n" + "</p>\n" ); } ); </script> <style type='text/css'> p { margin: 5px; } p.tmpAttribution { text-align: right; } </style> </head> <body> <p> asdf </p> </body> </html>