jQuery insertAfter() Method
Last Updated : 11 Jul, 2025
jQuery insertAfter() method is used to insert some HTML content after a specified element. The HTML content will be inserted after each occurrence of the specified element.
Syntax:
$('content_to_be_inserted').insertAfter(target)
Parameters:
It takes a parameter "target" which specifies that after this target element, the passed content needs to be inserted in the HTML document.
Return Value:
It doesn't return any value.
Example 1: In this example, the content will be added after the <p> tag by clicking the div element.
HTML <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <script src= "https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"> </script> <script> $(document).ready(function () { $("div").click(function () { // insertAfter $("<p>You should follow GeeksForGeeks</p>").insertAfter("p"); }); }); </script> </head> <body> <p> To learn jQuery : </p> <div> Click here to complete </div> </body> </html>
Output:

Example 2: In this example, the content will be added after the all the <p> tags by clicking the div element.
HTML <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <script src= "https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"> </script> <script> $(document).ready(function () { $("div").click(function () { // insertAfter $("<p>You should follow GeeksForGeeks</p>").insertAfter("p"); }); }); </script> </head> <body> <p>To learn jQuery : </p> <p> To learn coding : </p> <div>Click here to complete</div> </body> </html>
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