No static page option anywhere

Let me preface this by saying I have been using 2 separate word press sites (yes, .org) for years and had to move to a new host. The back-up install didn’t work, so I have to recreate. Which is fine, the sites were long in the tooth anyway and I still have all the content.

But I can’t get the Settings–>Reading to give me the option to create a static page, even though I have set up and published (privately) 3 separate pages. I read the documentation twice and followed all the steps. The Customizer does not have a Home Page or Front Page setting option. I tried 2 different themes.

What gives?

P.S. logging out and back in didn’t fix it.

• This topic was modified 2 days, 5 hours ago by legrosmot. Reason: addendum