'post',
'posts_per_page' => 1,
'meta_query' => array(array('key' => '_thumbnail_id')),
'ignore_sticky_posts' => 1,
);
$npt_featured_query = new WP_Query( $npt_featured_query_args );
if ( $npt_featured_query->have_posts() ) :
while ( $npt_featured_query->have_posts() ) : $npt_featured_query->the_post(); ?>