public function widget( $args, $instance ) {

    global $wp_query, $_genesis_displayed_ids;

    // Merge with defaults.
    $instance = wp_parse_args( (array) $instance, $this->defaults );

    // phpcs:ignore WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped
    echo $args['before_widget'];

    if ( ! empty( $instance['title'] ) ) {
      // phpcs:ignore WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped
      echo $args['before_title'] . apply_filters( 'widget_title', $instance['title'], $instance, $this->id_base ) . $args['after_title'];
    }

    $query_args = [
      'post_type'           => 'post',
      'cat'                 => $instance['posts_cat'],
      'showposts'           => $instance['posts_num'],
      'offset'              => $instance['posts_offset'],
      'orderby'             => $instance['orderby'],
      'order'               => $instance['order'],
      'ignore_sticky_posts' => $instance['exclude_sticky'],
    ];

    // Exclude displayed IDs from this loop?
    if ( $instance['exclude_displayed'] ) {
      $query_args['post__not_in'] = (array) $_genesis_displayed_ids;
    }

    $wp_query = new WP_Query( $query_args ); // phpcs:ignore WordPress.WP.GlobalVariablesOverride.Prohibited -- Reset later.

    if ( have_posts() ) {

      while ( have_posts() ) {

        the_post();

        $_genesis_displayed_ids[] = get_the_ID();

        genesis_markup(
          [
            'open'    => '<article %s>',
            'context' => 'entry',
            'params'  => [
              'is_widget' => true,
            ],
          ]
        );

        $image = genesis_get_image(
          [
            'format'  => 'html',
            'size'    => $instance['image_size'],
            'context' => 'featured-post-widget',
            'attr'    => genesis_parse_attr( 'entry-image-widget', [] ),
          ]
        );

        if ( $image && $instance['show_image'] ) {
          $role = empty( $instance['show_title'] ) ? '' : ' aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"';
          printf(
            '<a href="%s" class="%s"%s>%s</a>',
            esc_url( get_permalink() ),
            esc_attr( $instance['image_alignment'] ),
            // phpcs:ignore WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped -- Escaping breaks output here
            $role,
            // phpcs:ignore WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped -- Escaping breaks output here
            $image
          );
        }

        if ( ! empty( $instance['show_gravatar'] ) ) {
          echo '<span class="' . esc_attr( $instance['gravatar_alignment'] ) . '">';
          echo get_avatar( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ), $instance['gravatar_size'] );
          echo '</span>';
        }

        if ( $instance['show_title'] || $instance['show_byline'] ) {

          $header = '';

          if ( ! empty( $instance['show_title'] ) ) {

            $title = get_the_title() ?: __( '(no title)', 'genesis' );

            
/**
 * Filter the featured post widget title.
 *
 * @since 2.2.0
 *
 * @param string $title    Featured post title.
 * @param array  $instance {
 *     Widget settings for this instance.
 *
 *     @type string $title                   Widget title.
 *     @type int    $posts_cat               ID of the post category.
 *     @type int    $posts_num               Number of posts to show.
 *     @type int    $posts_offset            Number of posts to skip when
 *                                           retrieving.