Query loop offset option does not exist

I’ve only recently decided to try jumping onto the bandwagon to learn how using WordPress, and this is a frustrating problem to encounter “out of the box” if you will.

The page link I provided is not actually the website I’m building, as it’s still just a work in progress. Instead it’s a quick html page showing screenshots of the missing function.

The option to specify an offset for query loops is nonexistent. I’ve found multiple sources that suggest different locations where it should be found (presumably it has changed over the years with different version updates). Some suggest it will exist on the block options bar (or whatever it’s called). Others suggest it’s on the right side menu. However, in both cases, the option is entirely nonexistent.

The sources I’ve found were dated as recently as this past summer, so they would have pretty up-to-date perspective. The only thing I can think of is that this functionality has very recently been removed in the latest version of WordPress that was just released. If so, this is a terrible change.

The website I am building would rely heavily on multiple query loops on the home page–something very similar to a news website. I will need to have “category” sections on the page where the first (most recent) post is displayed with the feature image, while the subsequent posts are displayed with their titles only. This requires breaking up the “category” into two query loops, with the second one being offset.

If there is a simple way to activate this functionality that I’ve missed, please let me know.

The page I need help with: [log in to see the link]