---
title: Filter XML author sitemap query
url: "https://www.seopress.org/support/hooks/filter-xml-author-sitemap-query/"
lang: en-US
updated: 2021-09-30
hook_name: seopress_sitemaps_author_query
required_version: 3.6.5
---

# Filter XML author sitemap query

- **Hook name:** `seopress_sitemaps_author_query`
- **Required version:** 3.6.5

```php
add_filter('seopress_sitemaps_author_query', 'sp_sitemaps_author_query');
function sp_sitemaps_author_query($args) {
	//$args = array('fields' => 'ID', 'orderby' => 'nicename', 'order' => 'ASC', 'has_published_posts' => array('post'), 'blog_id' => absint(get_current_blog_id()), 'lang' => ''); 
	$args['exclude'] = 1; //exclude user ID "1"
	return $args;
}
```

Source: [https://gist.github.com/wp-seopress/a494f0278b46b970c58827988170b283](https://gist.github.com/wp-seopress/a494f0278b46b970c58827988170b283)