Possible Duplicate: How do I create an element after the closing body tag Did

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Asked: June 18, 20262026-06-18T08:00:46+00:00 2026-06-18T08:00:46+00:00

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How do I create an element after the closing body tag

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Is it possible to jQuery the closing </body> tag and then add some JS code just above?
IE: find:

$("</body>")

Then add some JS script just above this tag?

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Editorial Team · Answer 1 · 2026-06-18T08:00:47+00:00

You don’t need to select the ‘closing’ tag, just select the body and append what you want:

$('body').append('<h1>foobar</h1>');

update

As @meagar mentioned correctly, with jQuery you don’t select a ‘closing’ tag, but the whole ‘element’, e.g. the body, or a ‘paragraph’ (p) as a whole

Trying to make it more clear, this code:

<body>
    <p>my paragraph</p>
    <script>
       $(body).append('<p>new paragraph</p>');
    </script>
</body>

Will produce this result:

<body>
    <p>my paragraph</p>
    <script>
       $(body).append('<p>new paragraph</p>');
    </script>
    <p>new paragraph</p>
</body>

The new paragraph is appended at the end of the body

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