I have a similar issue. My URL (www.thevillagefarm.org) has no pages, it is only forwarded to my blog (https://ashlandvillagefarm.wordpress.com)
I want my URL visitors to come to a static page, and not the blog/Home page. I made a “welcome” page, and made it static in Settings>Reading. The problem is that the wordpress designated “Home” page adopts/mimics the content of whatever page I make static, so then I have two pages with the same content and lose the blog format of the home page.
How do I work around this?
Can I delete the homepage, or rename it, or somehow make it appear as an option in the Readings Settings?
I don’t care if the homepage or another page is the static front page, I just don’t want 2 pages with same content.
Thanks so much!
