jQuery replaceWith

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//HTML-Tag mit jQuery ändern

$.extend({
    replaceTag: function (element, tagName, withDataAndEvents, deepWithDataAndEvents) {
        var newTag = $("<" + tagName + ">")[0];
        $.each(element.attributes, function () {
            newTag.setAttribute(this.name, this.value);
        });
        $(element).contents().clone(withDataAndEvents, deepWithDataAndEvents).appendTo(newTag);
        return newTag;
    }
})
$.fn.extend({
    replaceTag: function (tagName, withDataAndEvents, deepWithDataAndEvents) {
        // Use map to reconstruct the selector with newly created elements
        return this.map(function () {
            return jQuery.replaceTag(this, tagName, withDataAndEvents, deepWithDataAndEvents);
        })
    }
})

 $(this).replaceWith($(this).clone().replaceTag("a").attr('href', $(this).data('href'))); //Element zu link machen