WordPress a static homepage and custom blog page

Question

• I installed Wordpress in " localhost/ " directory.
• I created a file called home.php and designed it as a landing page.
• I want to move my default blog posts to the " localhost/blog/ " directory.
• But I don't want other links to be affected by this. So " localhost/blog/contact " is wrong behavior.

But every way I tried caused problems like this.

• https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/a/238727/183195
• https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/a/245136/183195
• https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/a/131667/183195
• https://stackoverflow.com/a/60605443/12944128

All of these only work as a "single post" way. So " localhost/blog/ " does not contain an archive and will not work. Only the " localhost/blog/post-slug/ " link works.

Is it that difficult to create a blog with an archive page of its own " slug " in WordPress?

Answer 1

Don't believe you can do it without some serious htaccess manipulations. The permalink structure is set up for either including the 2nd level or not, no in between.