SO-34050904

by David Thomas

HTML

<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
<img src="whatever.jpg" />
<span><span>Copyright</span> Stackoverflow</span>

CSS

span {
  color: limegreen;
}

figcaption {
  color: #f90;
}

JavaScript

$('span > span').click(function () {
  console.log('woo');
})

$('img + span').replaceWith(function () {
  return $('<figcaption>').append($(this).contents());
});