Hummingbird messes with header and other elements

Hello @dionnekathleen

I hope all is well

The best way to use Asset Optimization is to optimize one asset at a time. First, see if there is any optimization available inside your theme options and enable them. Proceed to optimize assets from Hummingbird > Asset Optimization.

Enable one option and view the front end at least twice to see if there are any changes. If something will look different it means asset can’t be optimized, unselect last enabled option, and proceeded to the next one.

The best method to use with Asset Optimization is:
– Compress and combine as much as many assets are possible,
– Move to footer everything, except jquery, jquery-migrate and core theme js,
– If there something is broken or errors showing in browser console move the asset back to the header,
– Defer the JS scripts.

Please see here the Performance Optimization Guide:
https://premium.wpmudev.org/docs/wpmu-dev-setting-configurations/wpmu-dev-performance-optimization-guide/

Have a good day and take care!

Kind regards,
Nastia

Hi Nastia,

I hope all is well with you also and Thank you for the fast response.

The problem actually occured before I activated asset optimization. The header falls off the screen so to speak, back to top button is a black spot and I just saw the sticky header doesn’t work anymore. Everything is fine as soon as I deactivate the plugin.

Does this mean I can not use hummingbird? I really love the simplicity and am considering going premium, but I need to know if I can use it with my theme.

How do I revert all changes in one instance and start all anew? Thanks in advance

Hey there @dionnekathleen

The problem actually occured before I activated asset optimization.

Before activating it or before making any changes? Please advise! Cause there aren’t any other modules that should affect frontend styling.

You can reset just Asset Optimization from
Hummingbird -> Asset Optimization -> Settings -> Reset to defaults
or whole plugin from
Hummingbird -> Settings -> Data & Settings -> Reset Settings
Ref: https://premium.wpmudev.org/docs/wpmu-dev-plugins/hummingbird/

Warm regards,
Dimitris

Hi Dimitris,

The problems occurred before I made the asset optimization changes, Hummingbird was activated, though.

So yeah, that’s strange.

I’ll reset Hummingbird and be more secure in implementing changes. Maybe that wat I can track what happens before I start asset optimization.

I’ll just leave this ticket open for a while.

Thanks for all the help!

Hello @dionnekathleen

I hope you’re doing well!

Please let us know if the issue will be back!

Kind regards,
Nastia

Hello @dionnekathleen

I hope you are doing well!

We haven’t heard back from you for a while now so we’ve marked this ticket as resolved. If you do have any followup questions or require further assistance feel free to reopen it and let us know here.

Kind regards,
Nastia