jQuery: how to change tag name?

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You can replace any HTML markup by using jQuery’s .replaceWith() method.

example: http://jsfiddle.net/JHmaV/

Ref.: .replaceWith

If you want to keep the existing markup, you could use code like this:

$('#target').replaceWith('<newTag>' + $('#target').html() +'</newTag>')

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