Create Custom "Listing Page"

It’s my understanding per docs that it’s not possible (practically speaking) to edit the individual “Listing” pages, like to add a description or other content for sake of SEO, user experience, etc. A lot like the home page. I’ve seen lots of forum posts saying it’s possible to create a custom home page, lay it out like you want it, link to that. I installed Beaver Builder and it’s pretty slick, so I’ll probably do that at some point.

First, is it possible to similarly create a custom version of each Listings page? Even if the system doesn’t accommodate setting a custom page as the destination for clicks to a given category’s expected Listing page, I could set up manual links and auto-redirect to get people to the page I want them on manually.

I hope so, but am not optimistic. : ( Anyway, if so, from there, what I’d like to create is a virtual clone of the default Listing page (it’s so close to perfect!) but add a block of text at the top. But I can’t figure out which widgets I could drop in there to replicate what’s shown on the default Listings page. Can you tell me which widgets would do that?

Thanks in advance for your help. – Greg