From http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4886319/replace-text-in-html-page-with-jquery See also - http://benalman.com/projects/jquery-replacetext-plugin/ Replace all occurrences of a word on a page

replace_text_in_page

var replaced = $("body").html().replace(/-1o9-2202/g,'The ALL new string');
$("body").html(replaced);

//or, as a one liner

$("body").html($("body").html().replace(/12345-6789/g,'<b>abcde-fghi</b>'));

//replace every word
$("body").html($("p").html().replace(/[a-zA-Z0-9_]\w/g,'<b>oh hai!!!</b>'));