I haven't designed websites since the early 2000s so I am completely out of the loop on how things are done these days. I am trying to design a suuuuuuper basic website consisting of a main page with no more than 100 words of text and to its right a 10-second video that automatically plays on loop (without the control buttons). I already have hosting sorted out and am just trying to build the page itself, but find WordPress daunting. I can't understand what "styles", "blocks", "patterns" etc. mean in the context of WordPress. How can I just design a plain and simple page without having to jump through so many hoops? Help!
That’s pretty much what WordPress themes are for, one click installations of styles and site aesthetics that you can drop your content into.
Have you thought about hiring someone to help? If it’s as simple as you describe then hiring someone who could do it there sleep would make your life 10x easier.