jQuery .append doesn't work

Question

I want to insert something into my form, which is somewhere hard coded into plugin and I didn\'t want to mess with the plugin files, so I\'ve found .append

Answer 1

You need the document ready handler -

<script>
jQuery(function() { // the document ready handler shorthand
    jQuery('#edit-profile').append('<p>smth</p>');
});
</script>

Answer 2

Wrap it in dom ready.Because #edit-profile should be there at the time of executing the script,

jQuery(document).ready(function(){
  jQuery('#edit-profile').append('<p>smth</p>');
});