I started with your suggestion on the plugins and all seemed fine.
For some reason I decided to try again but not break the update into steps. Usually I would add the post, then Update and view it on the website. Go back and make adjustments, Update again. Then I would drag it to the top and Update.
I did it all in one fell swoop and it worked. Not sure if that’s the actual solution or if I just waited out some sort of hiccup in the system but it seems to be resolved for now.
Thank you!