On my WordPress site the hamburger menu is the very last thing to appear on mobile—often several seconds after everything else is visible. Because I’m using a premium theme and haven’t added any custom menu scripts or plugins, I suspect the theme’s assets are being queued late or blocked by render-heavy CSS/JS. What I need • Re-order or refactor the theme’s scripts and styles so the hamburger icon, its animation and the linked navigation list render immediately with the first paint. • Keep every existing design detail intact; only the load priority should change. • Solution must work across modern mobile browsers without introducing CLS or Lighthouse warnings. Ideal approach Work directly in the child theme or via functions.php so updates survive future theme releases. If critical CSS inlining, deferred JS, or WP enqueue tweaks are required, that’s fine—I just don’t want to rely on an extra performance plugin unless it’s absolutely necessary. https://msquaredelectrical.com/