public function __construct() {

    $this->defaults = [
      'title'                   => '',
      'posts_cat'               => '',
      'posts_num'               => '',
      'posts_offset'            => 0,
      'orderby'                 => '',
      'order'                   => '',
      'exclude_displayed'       => 0,
      'exclude_sticky'          => 0,
      'show_image'              => 0,
      'image_alignment'         => '',
      'image_size'              => '',
      'show_gravatar'           => 0,
      'gravatar_alignment'      => '',
      'gravatar_size'           => '',
      'show_title'              => 0,
      'show_byline'             => 0,
      'post_info'               => '[post_date] ' . __( 'By', 'genesis' ) . ' [post_author_posts_link] [post_comments]',
      'show_content'            => 'excerpt',
      'content_limit'           => '',
      'more_text'               => __( '[Read More...]', 'genesis' ),
      'extra_num'               => '',
      'extra_title'             => '',
      'more_from_category'      => '',
      'more_from_category_text' => __( 'More Posts from this Category', 'genesis' ),
    ];

    $widget_ops = [
      'classname'   => 'featured-content featuredpost',
      'description' => __( 'Displays featured posts with thumbnails', 'genesis' ),
    ];

    $control_ops = [
      'id_base' => 'featured-post',
      'width'   => 505,
      'height'  => 350,
    ];

    parent::__construct( 'featured-post', __( 'Genesis - Featured Posts', 'genesis' ), $widget_ops, $control_ops );

  }