Is there a way to have "Show Featured Content" enabled by default on blog posts?

It would be great if we could eliminate that step. We have several bloggers that use our website and they are not used to that option as by default featured images normally show up so long as they are added to the blog post.

Thanks for your time.

Thank you for the direction. I replaced this...

<?php
if((get_post_type() == 'post' || get_post_type() == 'thegem_news') && $thegem_featured_content = thegem_get_post_featured_content(get_the_ID(), 'thegem-blog-default', true)) {
echo '<div class="blog-post-image centered-box">';
echo $thegem_featured_content;
echo '</div>';
}
?>

With this...

<div class="blog-post-image centered-box">
  <picture>
    <?php the_post_thumbnail( 'thegem-blog-default-large', array('class' => 'img-responsive')); ?>
  </picture>
</div>

I'd like to recommend that this be triggered through the theme settings in a future release.

Thank you!

What I meant was it would be nice for the option to work for old posts as well. When moving from a different theme to TheGem, it would be an easier transition.

Warm Regards,
-Russ