function wc_create_new_customer( $email, $username = '', $password = '', $args = array() ) {
		if ( empty( $email ) || ! is_email( $email ) ) {
			return new WP_Error( 'registration-error-invalid-email', __( 'Please provide a valid email address.', 'woocommerce' ) );
		}

		if ( email_exists( $email ) ) {
			return new WP_Error( 'registration-error-email-exists', apply_filters( 'woocommerce_registration_error_email_exists', __( 'An account is already registered with your email address. Please log in.', 'woocommerce' ), $email ) );
		}

		if ( 'yes' === get_option( 'woocommerce_registration_generate_username', 'yes' ) && empty( $username ) ) {
			$username = wc_create_new_customer_username( $email, $args );
		}

		$username = sanitize_user( $username );

		if ( empty( $username ) || ! validate_username( $username ) ) {
			return new WP_Error( 'registration-error-invalid-username', __( 'Please enter a valid account username.', 'woocommerce' ) );
		}

		if ( username_exists( $username ) ) {
			return new WP_Error( 'registration-error-username-exists', __( 'An account is already registered with that username. Please choose another.', 'woocommerce' ) );
		}

		// Handle password creation.
		$password_generated = false;
		if ( 'yes' === get_option( 'woocommerce_registration_generate_password' ) && empty( $password ) ) {
			$password           = wp_generate_password();
			$password_generated = true;
		}

		if ( empty( $password ) ) {
			return new WP_Error( 'registration-error-missing-password', __( 'Please enter an account password.', 'woocommerce' ) );
		}

		// Use WP_Error to handle registration errors.
		$errors = new WP_Error();

		do_action( 'woocommerce_register_post', $username, $email, $errors );

		$errors = apply_filters( 'woocommerce_registration_errors', $errors, $username, $email );

		if ( $errors->get_error_code() ) {
			return $errors;
		}

		$new_customer_data = apply_filters(
			'woocommerce_new_customer_data',
			array_merge(
				$args,
				array(
					'user_login' => $username,
					'user_pass'  => $password,
					'user_email' => $email,
					'role'       => 'customer',
				)
			)
		);

		$customer_id = wp_insert_user( $new_customer_data );

		if ( is_wp_error( $customer_id ) ) {
			return $customer_id;
		}

		do_action( 'woocommerce_created_customer', $customer_id, $new_customer_data, $password_generated );

		return $customer_id;
	}