diff --git a/b2-include/b2functions.php b/b2-include/b2functions.php
index 7ed9204ba1..877cab5c37 100644
--- a/b2-include/b2functions.php
+++ b/b2-include/b2functions.php
@@ -48,6 +48,55 @@ function mysql_oops($query) {
 
 
 /***** Formatting functions *****/
+function wptexturize($text) {
+	$textarr = preg_split("/(<.*>)/U", $text, -1, PREG_SPLIT_DELIM_CAPTURE); // capture the tags as well as in between
+	$stop = count($textarr); $next = true; // loop stuff
+	for ($i = 0; $i < $stop; $i++) {
+		$curl = $textarr[$i];
+		if (!strstr($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'Gecko')) {
+			$curl = str_replace('<q>', '&#8220;', $curl);
+			$curl = str_replace('</q>', '&#8221;', $curl);
+		}
+		if ('<' != $curl{0} && $next) { // If it's not a tag
+			$curl = str_replace('---', '&#8212;', $curl);
+			$curl = str_replace('--', '&#8211;', $curl);
+			$curl = str_replace("...", '&#8230;', $curl);
+			$curl = str_replace('``', '&#8220;', $curl);
+
+			// This is a hack, look at this more later. It works pretty well though.
+			$cockney = array("'tain't","'twere","'twas","'tis","'twill","'til","'bout","'nuff","'round");
+			$cockneyreplace = array("&#8217;tain&#8217;t","&#8217;twere","&#8217;twas","&#8217;tis","&#8217;twill","&#8217;til","&#8217;bout","&#8217;nuff","&#8217;round");
+			$curl = str_replace($cockney, $cockneyreplace, $curl);
+
+		
+			$curl = preg_replace("/'s/", "&#8217;s", $curl);
+			$curl = preg_replace("/'(\d\d(?:&#8217;|')?s)/", "&#8217;$1", $curl);
+			$curl = preg_replace('/(\s|\A|")\'/', '$1&#8216;', $curl);
+			$curl = preg_replace("/(\d+)\"/", "$1&Prime;", $curl);
+			$curl = preg_replace("/(\d+)'/", "$1&prime;", $curl);
+			$curl = preg_replace("/(\S)'([^'\s])/", "$1&#8217;$2", $curl);
+			$curl = preg_replace('/"([\s.]|\Z)/', '&#8221;$1', $curl);
+			$curl = preg_replace('/(\s|\A)"/', '$1&#8220;', $curl);
+			$curl = preg_replace("/'([\s.]|\Z)/", '&#8217;$1', $curl);
+			$curl = preg_replace("/\(tm\)/i", '&#8482;', $curl);
+			$curl = preg_replace("/\(c\)/i", '&#169;', $curl);
+			$curl = preg_replace("/\(r\)/i", '&#174;', $curl);
+
+			$curl = str_replace("''", '&#8221;', $curl);
+			$curl = preg_replace('/&([^#])(?![a-z]{2,8};)/', '&#038;$1', $curl);
+			
+			$curl = preg_replace('/(d+)x(\d+)/', "$1&#215;$2", $curl);
+
+		} elseif (strstr($curl, '<code') || strstr($curl, '<pre') || strstr($curl, '<kbd' || strstr($curl, '<style') || strstr($curl, '<script'))) {
+			// strstr is fast
+			$next = false;
+		} else {
+			$next = true;
+		}
+		$output .= $curl;
+	}
+	return $output;
+	}
 
 function autobrize($content) {
 	$content = preg_replace("/<br>\n/", "\n", $content);