diff --git a/wp-includes/formatting.php b/wp-includes/formatting.php
index 2e77616fa0..5db0e81951 100644
--- a/wp-includes/formatting.php
+++ b/wp-includes/formatting.php
@@ -1584,12 +1584,12 @@ function sanitize_title_with_dashes( $title, $raw_title = '', $context = 'displa
 	}
 
 	$title = strtolower($title);
-	$title = preg_replace('/&.+?;/', '', $title); // kill entities
-	$title = str_replace('.', '-', $title);
 
 	if ( 'save' == $context ) {
 		// Convert nbsp, ndash and mdash to hyphens
 		$title = str_replace( array( '%c2%a0', '%e2%80%93', '%e2%80%94' ), '-', $title );
+		// Convert nbsp, ndash and mdash HTML entities to hyphens
+		$title = str_replace( array( ' ', ' ', '–', '–', '—', '—' ), '-', $title );
 
 		// Strip these characters entirely
 		$title = str_replace( array(
@@ -1612,6 +1612,9 @@ function sanitize_title_with_dashes( $title, $raw_title = '', $context = 'displa
 		$title = str_replace( '%c3%97', 'x', $title );
 	}
 
+	$title = preg_replace('/&.+?;/', '', $title); // kill entities
+	$title = str_replace('.', '-', $title);
+
 	$title = preg_replace('/[^%a-z0-9 _-]/', '', $title);
 	$title = preg_replace('/\s+/', '-', $title);
 	$title = preg_replace('|-+|', '-', $title);
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index 6d8ed96fc9..0b685bf473 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '4.5-beta1-36774';
+$wp_version = '4.5-beta1-36775';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.