diff --git a/config/default/block.block.views_block__featured_blog_posts_block_1.yml b/config/default/block.block.views_block__featured_blog_posts_block_1.yml
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+uuid: 7f977e4b-96be-42e8-8d38-4272191a95b5
+langcode: en
+status: true
+dependencies:
+  config:
+    - views.view.featured_blog_posts
+  module:
+    - system
+    - views
+  theme:
+    - opdavies
+id: views_block__featured_blog_posts_block_1
+theme: opdavies
+region: content
+weight: 0
+provider: null
+plugin: 'views_block:featured_blog_posts-block_1'
+settings:
+  id: 'views_block:featured_blog_posts-block_1'
+  label: ''
+  provider: views
+  label_display: visible
+  views_label: ''
+  items_per_page: none
+visibility:
+  request_path:
+    id: request_path
+    pages: '<front>'
+    negate: false
+    context_mapping: {  }
diff --git a/config/default/views.view.featured_blog_posts.yml b/config/default/views.view.featured_blog_posts.yml
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+uuid: 348d88cd-6b3e-41dd-9911-902f46f30f4c
+langcode: en
+status: true
+dependencies:
+  config:
+    - node.type.post
+  module:
+    - node
+    - user
+id: featured_blog_posts
+label: 'Featured blog posts'
+module: views
+description: ''
+tag: ''
+base_table: node_field_data
+base_field: nid
+display:
+  default:
+    display_plugin: default
+    id: default
+    display_title: Master
+    position: 0
+    display_options:
+      access:
+        type: perm
+        options:
+          perm: 'access content'
+      cache:
+        type: tag
+        options: {  }
+      query:
+        type: views_query
+        options:
+          disable_sql_rewrite: false
+          distinct: false
+          replica: false
+          query_comment: ''
+          query_tags: {  }
+      exposed_form:
+        type: basic
+        options:
+          submit_button: Apply
+          reset_button: false
+          reset_button_label: Reset
+          exposed_sorts_label: 'Sort by'
+          expose_sort_order: true
+          sort_asc_label: Asc
+          sort_desc_label: Desc
+      pager:
+        type: some
+        options:
+          items_per_page: 3
+          offset: 0
+      style:
+        type: html_list
+        options:
+          grouping: {  }
+          row_class: ''
+          default_row_class: true
+          type: ul
+          wrapper_class: item-list
+          class: ''
+      row:
+        type: fields
+      fields:
+        title:
+          id: title
+          table: node_field_data
+          field: title
+          settings:
+            link_to_entity: true
+          plugin_id: field
+          relationship: none
+          group_type: group
+          admin_label: ''
+          label: ''
+          exclude: false
+          alter:
+            alter_text: false
+            text: ''
+            make_link: false
+            path: ''
+            absolute: false
+            external: false
+            replace_spaces: false
+            path_case: none
+            trim_whitespace: false
+            alt: ''
+            rel: ''
+            link_class: ''
+            prefix: ''
+            suffix: ''
+            target: ''
+            nl2br: false
+            max_length: 0
+            word_boundary: true
+            ellipsis: true
+            more_link: false
+            more_link_text: ''
+            more_link_path: ''
+            strip_tags: false
+            trim: false
+            preserve_tags: ''
+            html: false
+          element_type: ''
+          element_class: ''
+          element_label_type: ''
+          element_label_class: ''
+          element_label_colon: true
+          element_wrapper_type: ''
+          element_wrapper_class: ''
+          element_default_classes: true
+          empty: ''
+          hide_empty: false
+          empty_zero: false
+          hide_alter_empty: true
+          click_sort_column: value
+          type: string
+          group_column: value
+          group_columns: {  }
+          group_rows: true
+          delta_limit: 0
+          delta_offset: 0
+          delta_reversed: false
+          delta_first_last: false
+          multi_type: separator
+          separator: ', '
+          field_api_classes: false
+      filters:
+        status:
+          value: '1'
+          table: node_field_data
+          field: status
+          plugin_id: boolean
+          entity_type: node
+          entity_field: status
+          id: status
+          expose:
+            operator: ''
+            operator_limit_selection: false
+            operator_list: {  }
+          group: 1
+        type:
+          id: type
+          table: node_field_data
+          field: type
+          value:
+            post: post
+          entity_type: node
+          entity_field: type
+          plugin_id: bundle
+          expose:
+            operator_limit_selection: false
+            operator_list: {  }
+        promote:
+          id: promote
+          table: node_field_data
+          field: promote
+          relationship: none
+          group_type: group
+          admin_label: ''
+          operator: '='
+          value: '1'
+          group: 1
+          exposed: false
+          expose:
+            operator_id: ''
+            label: ''
+            description: ''
+            use_operator: false
+            operator: ''
+            operator_limit_selection: false
+            operator_list: {  }
+            identifier: ''
+            required: false
+            remember: false
+            multiple: false
+            remember_roles:
+              authenticated: authenticated
+          is_grouped: false
+          group_info:
+            label: ''
+            description: ''
+            identifier: ''
+            optional: true
+            widget: select
+            multiple: false
+            remember: false
+            default_group: All
+            default_group_multiple: {  }
+            group_items: {  }
+          entity_type: node
+          entity_field: promote
+          plugin_id: boolean
+      sorts:
+        created:
+          id: created
+          table: node_field_data
+          field: created
+          order: DESC
+          entity_type: node
+          entity_field: created
+          plugin_id: date
+          relationship: none
+          group_type: group
+          admin_label: ''
+          exposed: false
+          expose:
+            label: ''
+          granularity: second
+      title: 'Featured posts'
+      header: {  }
+      footer: {  }
+      empty: {  }
+      relationships: {  }
+      arguments: {  }
+      display_extenders: {  }
+      use_more: true
+      use_more_always: true
+      use_more_text: 'All posts'
+      link_url: /articles
+      link_display: custom_url
+    cache_metadata:
+      max-age: -1
+      contexts:
+        - 'languages:language_content'
+        - 'languages:language_interface'
+        - 'user.node_grants:view'
+        - user.permissions
+      tags: {  }
+  block_1:
+    display_plugin: block
+    id: block_1
+    display_title: Block
+    position: 1
+    display_options:
+      display_extenders: {  }
+    cache_metadata:
+      max-age: -1
+      contexts:
+        - 'languages:language_content'
+        - 'languages:language_interface'
+        - 'user.node_grants:view'
+        - user.permissions
+      tags: {  }