diff --git a/core/modules/block/lib/Drupal/block/Tests/BlockTest.php b/core/modules/block/lib/Drupal/block/Tests/BlockTest.php
index 6a3dd0c..4f3aacd 100644
--- a/core/modules/block/lib/Drupal/block/Tests/BlockTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/block/lib/Drupal/block/Tests/BlockTest.php
@@ -36,12 +36,11 @@ function setUp() {
     config('system.site')->set('page.front', 'test-page')->save();
 
     // Create Full HTML text format.
-    $full_html_format = array(
+    $full_html_format = entity_create('filter_format', array(
       'format' => 'full_html',
       'name' => 'Full HTML',
-    );
-    $full_html_format = (object) $full_html_format;
-    filter_format_save($full_html_format);
+    ));
+    $full_html_format->save();
     $this->checkPermissions(array(), TRUE);
 
     // Create and log in an administrative user having access to the Full HTML
diff --git a/core/modules/filter/config/filter.format.plain_text.yml b/core/modules/filter/config/filter.format.plain_text.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a7f72cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/filter/config/filter.format.plain_text.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Every site requires at least one text format as fallback format that
+# - is accessible to all users.
+# - is secure, using very basic formatting only.
+# - may be modified by installation profiles to have other properties.
+format: plain_text
+name: 'Plain text'
+status: '1'
+weight: '10'
+roles:
+  - anonymous
+  - authenticated
+cache: '1'
+filters:
+  # Escape all HTML.
+  filter_html_escape:
+    module: filter
+    status: '1'
+  # Convert URLs into links.
+  filter_url:
+    module: filter
+    status: '1'
+  # Convert linebreaks into paragraphs.
+  filter_autop:
+    module: filter
+    status: '1'
+langcode: und
diff --git a/core/modules/filter/filter.admin.inc b/core/modules/filter/filter.admin.inc
index a62f8e3..b9fb91c 100644
--- a/core/modules/filter/filter.admin.inc
+++ b/core/modules/filter/filter.admin.inc
@@ -75,13 +75,12 @@ function filter_admin_overview($form) {
  * Form submission handler for filter_admin_overview().
  */
 function filter_admin_overview_submit($form, &$form_state) {
+  $filter_formats = filter_formats();
   foreach ($form_state['values']['formats'] as $id => $data) {
+    // Only update if this is a form element with weight.
     if (is_array($data) && isset($data['weight'])) {
-      // Only update if this is a form element with weight.
-      db_update('filter_format')
-        ->fields(array('weight' => $data['weight']))
-        ->condition('format', $id)
-        ->execute();
+      $filter_formats[$id]->set('weight', $data['weight']);
+      $filter_formats[$id]->save();
     }
   }
   filter_formats_reset();
@@ -112,10 +111,8 @@ function filter_admin_overview_submit($form, &$form_state) {
 function filter_admin_format_page($format = NULL) {
   if (!isset($format->name)) {
     drupal_set_title(t('Add text format'));
-    $format = (object) array(
-      'format' => NULL,
-      'name' => '',
-    );
+
+    $format = entity_create('filter_format', array());
   }
   return drupal_get_form('filter_admin_format_form', $format);
 }
@@ -212,6 +209,10 @@ function filter_admin_format_form($form, &$form_state, $format) {
     '#title' => t('Enabled filters'),
     '#prefix' => '<div id="filters-status-wrapper">',
     '#suffix' => '</div>',
+    // This item is used as a pure wrapping container with heading. Ignore its
+    // value, since 'filters' should only contain filter definitions.
+    // @see http://drupal.org/node/1829202
+    '#input' => FALSE,
   );
   foreach ($filter_info as $name => $filter) {
     $form['filters']['status'][$name] = array(
@@ -229,6 +230,10 @@ function filter_admin_format_form($form, &$form_state, $format) {
     '#type' => 'item',
     '#title' => t('Filter processing order'),
     '#theme' => 'filter_admin_format_filter_order',
+    // This item is used as a pure wrapping container with heading. Ignore its
+    // value, since 'filters' should only contain filter definitions.
+    // @see http://drupal.org/node/1829202
+    '#input' => FALSE,
   );
   foreach ($filter_info as $name => $filter) {
     $form['filters']['order'][$name]['filter'] = array(
@@ -259,8 +264,7 @@ function filter_admin_format_form($form, &$form_state, $format) {
       $function = $filter['settings callback'];
       // Pass along stored filter settings and default settings, but also the
       // format object and all filters to allow for complex implementations.
-      $defaults = (isset($filter['default settings']) ? $filter['default settings'] : array());
-      $settings_form = $function($form, $form_state, $filters[$name], $format, $defaults, $filters);
+      $settings_form = $function($form, $form_state, $filters[$name], $format, $filter['default settings'], $filters);
       if (!empty($settings_form)) {
         $form['filters']['settings'][$name] = array(
           '#type' => 'details',
@@ -324,9 +328,12 @@ function filter_admin_format_form_validate($form, &$form_state) {
   form_set_value($form['format'], $format_format, $form_state);
   form_set_value($form['name'], $format_name, $form_state);
 
-  $result = db_query("SELECT format FROM {filter_format} WHERE name = :name AND format <> :format", array(':name' => $format_name, ':format' => $format_format))->fetchField();
-  if ($result) {
-    form_set_error('name', t('Text format names must be unique. A format named %name already exists.', array('%name' => $format_name)));
+  $filter_formats = entity_load_multiple('filter_format');
+  foreach ($filter_formats as $format) {
+    if ($format->name == $format_name && $format->format != $format_format) {
+      form_set_error('name', t('Text format names must be unique. A format named %name already exists.', array('%name' => $format_name)));
+      break;
+    }
   }
 }
 
@@ -339,19 +346,15 @@ function filter_admin_format_form_submit($form, &$form_state) {
   // Remove unnecessary values.
   form_state_values_clean($form_state);
 
+  // Reduce roles to a simple list of enabled roles.
+  $form_state['values']['roles'] = array_keys(array_filter($form_state['values']['roles']));
+
   // Add the submitted form values to the text format, and save it.
   $format = $form['#format'];
   foreach ($form_state['values'] as $key => $value) {
-    $format->$key = $value;
-  }
-  $status = filter_format_save($format);
-
-  // Save user permissions.
-  if ($permission = filter_permission_name($format)) {
-    foreach ($format->roles as $rid => $enabled) {
-      user_role_change_permissions($rid, array($permission => $enabled));
-    }
+    $format->set($key, $value);
   }
+  $status = $format->save();
 
   switch ($status) {
     case SAVED_NEW:
diff --git a/core/modules/filter/filter.api.php b/core/modules/filter/filter.api.php
index f11a528..c041eb4 100644
--- a/core/modules/filter/filter.api.php
+++ b/core/modules/filter/filter.api.php
@@ -277,43 +277,10 @@ function hook_filter_FILTER_tips($filter, $format, $long) {
  */
 
 /**
- * Perform actions when a new text format has been created.
- *
- * @param $format
- *   The format object of the format being updated.
- *
- * @see hook_filter_format_update()
- * @see hook_filter_format_disable()
- */
-function hook_filter_format_insert($format) {
-  mymodule_cache_rebuild();
-}
-
-/**
- * Perform actions when a text format has been updated.
- *
- * This hook allows modules to act when a text format has been updated in any
- * way. For example, when filters have been reconfigured, disabled, or
- * re-arranged in the text format.
- *
- * @param $format
- *   The format object of the format being updated.
- *
- * @see hook_filter_format_insert()
- * @see hook_filter_format_disable()
- */
-function hook_filter_format_update($format) {
-  mymodule_cache_rebuild();
-}
-
-/**
  * Perform actions when a text format has been disabled.
  *
  * @param $format
  *   The format object of the format being disabled.
- *
- * @see hook_filter_format_insert()
- * @see hook_filter_format_update()
  */
 function hook_filter_format_disable($format) {
   mymodule_cache_rebuild();
diff --git a/core/modules/filter/filter.install b/core/modules/filter/filter.install
index f3c29a5..39ef59b 100644
--- a/core/modules/filter/filter.install
+++ b/core/modules/filter/filter.install
@@ -5,106 +5,12 @@
  * Install, update, and uninstall functions for the Filter module.
  */
 
+use Drupal\Component\Uuid\Uuid;
+
 /**
  * Implements hook_schema().
  */
 function filter_schema() {
-  $schema['filter'] = array(
-    'description' => 'Table that maps filters (HTML corrector) to text formats (Filtered HTML).',
-    'fields' => array(
-      'format' => array(
-        'type' => 'varchar',
-        'length' => 255,
-        'not null' => TRUE,
-        'description' => 'Foreign key: The {filter_format}.format to which this filter is assigned.',
-      ),
-      'module' => array(
-        'type' => 'varchar',
-        'length' => 64,
-        'not null' => TRUE,
-        'default' => '',
-        'description' => 'The origin module of the filter.',
-      ),
-      'name' => array(
-        'type' => 'varchar',
-        'length' => 32,
-        'not null' => TRUE,
-        'default' => '',
-        'description' => 'Name of the filter being referenced.',
-      ),
-      'weight' => array(
-        'type' => 'int',
-        'not null' => TRUE,
-        'default' => 0,
-        'description' => 'Weight of filter within format.',
-      ),
-      'status' => array(
-        'type' => 'int',
-        'not null' => TRUE,
-        'default' => 0,
-        'description' => 'Filter enabled status. (1 = enabled, 0 = disabled)',
-      ),
-      'settings' => array(
-        'type' => 'blob',
-        'not null' => FALSE,
-        'size' => 'big',
-        'serialize' => TRUE,
-        'description' => 'A serialized array of name value pairs that store the filter settings for the specific format.',
-      ),
-    ),
-    'primary key' => array('format', 'name'),
-    'indexes' => array(
-      'list' => array('weight', 'module', 'name'),
-    ),
-  );
-  $schema['filter_format'] = array(
-    'description' => 'Stores text formats: custom groupings of filters, such as Filtered HTML.',
-    'fields' => array(
-      'format' => array(
-        'type' => 'varchar',
-        'length' => 255,
-        'not null' => TRUE,
-        'description' => 'Primary Key: Unique machine name of the format.',
-      ),
-      'name' => array(
-        'type' => 'varchar',
-        'length' => 255,
-        'not null' => TRUE,
-        'default' => '',
-        'description' => 'Name of the text format (Filtered HTML).',
-        'translatable' => TRUE,
-      ),
-      'cache' => array(
-        'type' => 'int',
-        'not null' => TRUE,
-        'default' => 0,
-        'size' => 'tiny',
-        'description' => 'Flag to indicate whether format is cacheable. (1 = cacheable, 0 = not cacheable)',
-      ),
-      'status' => array(
-        'type' => 'int',
-        'unsigned' => TRUE,
-        'not null' => TRUE,
-        'default' => 1,
-        'size' => 'tiny',
-        'description' => 'The status of the text format. (1 = enabled, 0 = disabled)',
-      ),
-      'weight' => array(
-        'type' => 'int',
-        'not null' => TRUE,
-        'default' => 0,
-        'description' => 'Weight of text format to use when listing.',
-      ),
-    ),
-    'primary key' => array('format'),
-    'unique keys' => array(
-      'name' => array('name'),
-    ),
-    'indexes' => array(
-      'status_weight' => array('status', 'weight'),
-    ),
-  );
-
   $schema['cache_filter'] = drupal_get_schema_unprocessed('system', 'cache');
   $schema['cache_filter']['description'] = 'Cache table for the Filter module to store already filtered pieces of text, identified by text format and hash of the text.';
 
@@ -112,40 +18,6 @@ function filter_schema() {
 }
 
 /**
- * Implements hook_install().
- */
-function filter_install() {
-  // All sites require at least one text format (the fallback format) that all
-  // users have access to, so add it here. We initialize it as a simple, safe
-  // plain text format with very basic formatting, but it can be modified by
-  // installation profiles to have other properties.
-  $plain_text_format = array(
-    'format' => 'plain_text',
-    'name' => 'Plain text',
-    'weight' => 10,
-    'filters' => array(
-      // Escape all HTML.
-      'filter_html_escape' => array(
-        'weight' => 0,
-        'status' => 1,
-      ),
-      // URL filter.
-      'filter_url' => array(
-        'weight' => 1,
-        'status' => 1,
-      ),
-      // Line break filter.
-      'filter_autop' => array(
-        'weight' => 2,
-        'status' => 1,
-      ),
-    ),
-  );
-  $plain_text_format = (object) $plain_text_format;
-  filter_format_save($plain_text_format);
-}
-
-/**
  * @addtogroup updates-7.x-to-8.x
  * @{
  */
@@ -162,6 +34,42 @@ function filter_update_8000() {
 }
 
 /**
+ * Migrate filter formats into configuration.
+ *
+ * @ingroup config_upgrade
+ */
+function filter_update_8001() {
+  $uuid = new Uuid();
+  $result = db_query('SELECT format, name, cache, status, weight FROM {filter_format}', array(), array('fetch' => PDO::FETCH_ASSOC));
+  foreach ($result as $format) {
+    $id = $format['format'];
+
+    // Generate a UUID.
+    $format['uuid'] = $uuid->generate();
+
+    // Add user roles.
+    $format['roles'] = array_keys(user_roles(FALSE, 'use text format ' . $format['format']));
+
+    // Retrieve and prepare all filters.
+    $filters = db_query('SELECT name, module, status, weight, settings FROM {filter} WHERE format = :format ORDER BY weight, module, name', array(
+      ':format' => $id,
+    ), array('fetch' => PDO::FETCH_ASSOC))->fetchAllAssoc('name');
+    foreach ($filters as $name => &$filter) {
+      // The filter name is used as key only.
+      unset($filter['name']);
+      $filter['settings'] = unserialize($filter['settings']);
+    }
+    $format['filters'] = $filters;
+
+    // Save the config object.
+    $config = config('filter.format.' . $id);
+    $config->setData($format);
+    $config->save();
+    update_config_manifest_add('filter.format', array($id));
+  }
+}
+
+/**
  * @} End of "defgroup updates-7.x-to-8.x".
  * The next series of updates should start at 9000.
  */
diff --git a/core/modules/filter/filter.module b/core/modules/filter/filter.module
index c4b596a..18f4ed4 100644
--- a/core/modules/filter/filter.module
+++ b/core/modules/filter/filter.module
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 use Drupal\Core\Cache\CacheBackendInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Template\Attribute;
+use Drupal\filter\Plugin\Core\Entity\FilterFormat;
 
 /**
  * Non-HTML markup language filters that generate HTML.
@@ -205,116 +206,6 @@ function filter_format_load($format_id) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Saves a text format object to the database.
- *
- * @param $format
- *   A format object having the properties:
- *   - format: A machine-readable name representing the ID of the text format
- *     to save. If this corresponds to an existing text format, that format
- *     will be updated; otherwise, a new format will be created.
- *   - name: The title of the text format.
- *   - status: (optional) An integer indicating whether the text format is
- *     enabled (1) or not (0). Defaults to 1.
- *   - weight: (optional) The weight of the text format, which controls its
- *     placement in text format lists. If omitted, the weight is set to 0.
- *   - filters: (optional) An associative, multi-dimensional array of filters
- *     assigned to the text format, keyed by the name of each filter and using
- *     the properties:
- *     - weight: (optional) The weight of the filter in the text format. If
- *       omitted, either the currently stored weight is retained (if there is
- *       one), or the filter is assigned a weight of 10, which will usually
- *       put it at the bottom of the list.
- *     - status: (optional) A Boolean indicating whether the filter is
- *       enabled in the text format. If omitted, the filter will be disabled.
- *     - settings: (optional) An array of configured settings for the filter.
- *       See hook_filter_info() for details.
- *
- * @return
- *   SAVED_NEW or SAVED_UPDATED.
- */
-function filter_format_save($format) {
-  $format->name = trim($format->name);
-  $format->cache = _filter_format_is_cacheable($format);
-  if (!isset($format->status)) {
-    $format->status = 1;
-  }
-  if (!isset($format->weight)) {
-    $format->weight = 0;
-  }
-
-  // Insert or update the text format.
-  $return = db_merge('filter_format')
-    ->key(array('format' => $format->format))
-    ->fields(array(
-      'name' => $format->name,
-      'cache' => (int) $format->cache,
-      'status' => (int) $format->status,
-      'weight' => (int) $format->weight,
-    ))
-    ->execute();
-
-  // Programmatic saves may not contain any filters.
-  if (!isset($format->filters)) {
-    $format->filters = array();
-  }
-  $filter_info = filter_get_filters();
-  foreach ($filter_info as $name => $filter) {
-    // If the format does not specify an explicit weight for a filter, assign
-    // a default weight, either defined in hook_filter_info(), or the default of
-    // 0 by filter_get_filters().
-    if (!isset($format->filters[$name]['weight'])) {
-      $format->filters[$name]['weight'] = $filter['weight'];
-    }
-    $format->filters[$name]['status'] = isset($format->filters[$name]['status']) ? $format->filters[$name]['status'] : 0;
-    $format->filters[$name]['module'] = $filter['module'];
-
-    // If settings were passed, only ensure default settings.
-    if (isset($format->filters[$name]['settings'])) {
-      if (isset($filter['default settings'])) {
-        $format->filters[$name]['settings'] = array_merge($filter['default settings'], $format->filters[$name]['settings']);
-      }
-    }
-    // Otherwise, use default settings or fall back to an empty array.
-    else {
-      $format->filters[$name]['settings'] = isset($filter['default settings']) ? $filter['default settings'] : array();
-    }
-
-    $fields = array();
-    $fields['weight'] = $format->filters[$name]['weight'];
-    $fields['status'] = $format->filters[$name]['status'];
-    $fields['module'] = $format->filters[$name]['module'];
-    $fields['settings'] = serialize($format->filters[$name]['settings']);
-
-    db_merge('filter')
-      ->key(array(
-        'format' => $format->format,
-        'name' => $name,
-      ))
-      ->fields($fields)
-      ->execute();
-  }
-
-  if ($return == SAVED_NEW) {
-    module_invoke_all('filter_format_insert', $format);
-  }
-  else {
-    module_invoke_all('filter_format_update', $format);
-    // Explicitly indicate that the format was updated. We need to do this
-    // since if the filters were updated but the format object itself was not,
-    // the merge query above would not return an indication that anything had
-    // changed.
-    $return = SAVED_UPDATED;
-
-    // Clear the filter cache whenever a text format is updated.
-    cache('filter')->deleteTags(array('filter_format' => $format->format));
-  }
-
-  filter_formats_reset();
-
-  return $return;
-}
-
-/**
  * Disables a text format.
  *
  * There is no core facility to re-enable a disabled format. It is not deleted
@@ -326,10 +217,8 @@ function filter_format_save($format) {
  *   The text format object to be disabled.
  */
 function filter_format_disable($format) {
-  db_update('filter_format')
-    ->fields(array('status' => 0))
-    ->condition('format', $format->format)
-    ->execute();
+  $format->status = 0;
+  $format->save();
 
   // Allow modules to react on text format deletion.
   module_invoke_all('filter_format_disable', $format);
@@ -353,7 +242,7 @@ function filter_format_disable($format) {
  * @see filter_format_load()
  */
 function filter_format_exists($format_id) {
-  return (bool) db_query_range('SELECT 1 FROM {filter_format} WHERE format = :format', 0, 1, array(':format' => $format_id))->fetchField();
+  return entity_load('filter_format', $format_id);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -452,13 +341,14 @@ function filter_formats($account = NULL) {
       $formats['all'] = $cache->data;
     }
     else {
-      $formats['all'] = db_select('filter_format', 'ff')
-        ->addTag('translatable')
-        ->fields('ff')
-        ->condition('status', 1)
-        ->orderBy('weight')
-        ->execute()
-        ->fetchAllAssoc('format');
+      $filter_formats = entity_load_multiple('filter_format');
+      $formats['all'] = array();
+      foreach ($filter_formats as $format_name => $filter_format) {
+        if (!empty($filter_format->status)) {
+          $formats['all'][$format_name] = $filter_format;
+        }
+      }
+      uasort($formats['all'], 'Drupal\Core\Config\Entity\ConfigEntityBase::sort');
 
       cache()->set("filter_formats:{$language_interface->langcode}", $formats['all'], CacheBackendInterface::CACHE_PERMANENT, array('filter_formats' => TRUE));
     }
@@ -663,6 +553,7 @@ function filter_get_filters() {
           $info[$name] += array(
             'description' => '',
             'weight' => 0,
+            'default settings' => array(),
           );
         }
         $filters = array_merge($filters, $info);
@@ -717,7 +608,7 @@ function filter_format_allowcache($format_id) {
  *   TRUE if all the filters enabled in the given text format allow caching,
  *   FALSE otherwise.
  *
- * @see filter_format_save()
+ * @see Drupal\filter\Plugin\Core\Entity\FilterFormat::save()
  */
 function _filter_format_is_cacheable($format) {
   if (empty($format->filters)) {
@@ -757,9 +648,18 @@ function filter_list_format($format_id) {
       $filters['all'] = $cache->data;
     }
     else {
-      $result = db_query('SELECT * FROM {filter} ORDER BY weight, module, name');
-      foreach ($result as $record) {
-        $filters['all'][$record->format][$record->name] = $record;
+      $filter_formats = filter_formats();
+      foreach ($filter_formats as $filter_format) {
+        foreach ($filter_format->filters as $filter_name => $filter) {
+          $filter['name'] = $filter_name;
+          $filters['all'][$filter_format->format][$filter_name] = $filter;
+        }
+        uasort($filters['all'][$filter_format->format], 'Drupal\filter\Plugin\Core\Entity\FilterFormat::sortFilters');
+        // Convert filters into objects.
+        // @todo Retain filters as arrays or convert to plugins.
+        foreach ($filters['all'][$filter_format->format] as $filter_name => $filter) {
+          $filters['all'][$filter_format->format][$filter_name] = (object) $filter;
+        }
       }
       cache()->set('filter_list_format', $filters['all']);
     }
@@ -771,12 +671,10 @@ function filter_list_format($format_id) {
     foreach ($filter_map as $name => $filter) {
       if (isset($filter_info[$name])) {
         $filter->title = $filter_info[$name]['title'];
-        // Unpack stored filter settings.
-        $filter->settings = (isset($filter->settings) ? unserialize($filter->settings) : array());
+
+        $filter->settings = isset($filter->settings) ? $filter->settings : array();
         // Merge in default settings.
-        if (isset($filter_info[$name]['default settings'])) {
-          $filter->settings += $filter_info[$name]['default settings'];
-        }
+        $filter->settings += $filter_info[$name]['default settings'];
 
         $format_filters[$name] = $filter;
       }
@@ -885,7 +783,7 @@ function check_markup($text, $format_id = NULL, $langcode = '', $cache = FALSE,
   // Cache the filtered text. This cache is infinitely valid. It becomes
   // obsolete when $text changes (which leads to a new $cache_id). It is
   // automatically flushed when the text format is updated.
-  // @see filter_format_save()
+  // @see Drupal\filter\Plugin\Core\Entity\FilterFormat::save()
   if ($cache) {
     cache('filter')->set($cache_id, $text, CacheBackendInterface::CACHE_PERMANENT, array('filter_format' => $format->format));
   }
diff --git a/core/modules/filter/lib/Drupal/filter/FilterFormatStorageController.php b/core/modules/filter/lib/Drupal/filter/FilterFormatStorageController.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2aec32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/filter/lib/Drupal/filter/FilterFormatStorageController.php
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\filter\FilterFormatStorageController.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\filter;
+
+use Drupal\Core\Config\Entity\ConfigStorageController;
+use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface;
+
+/**
+ * Defines the storage controller class for Filter Format entities.
+ */
+class FilterFormatStorageController extends ConfigStorageController {
+
+  /**
+   * Overrides \Drupal\Core\Config\Entity\ConfigStorageController::preSave().
+   */
+  protected function preSave(EntityInterface $entity) {
+    parent::preSave($entity);
+
+    $entity->name = trim($entity->label());
+    $entity->cache = _filter_format_is_cacheable($entity);
+    $filter_info = filter_get_filters();
+    foreach ($filter_info as $name => $filter) {
+      // Ensure a consistent definition and order of properties for all filters
+      // by merging the actual filter definition into defaults.
+      $defaults = array(
+        'module' => $filter['module'],
+        // The filter ID has to be temporarily injected into the properties, in
+        // order to sort all filters below.
+        // @todo Rethink filter sorting to remove dependency on filter IDs.
+        'name' => $name,
+        // Unless explicitly enabled, all filters are disabled by default.
+        'status' => 0,
+        // If no explicit weight was defined for a filter, assign either the
+        // default weight defined in hook_filter_info() or the default of 0 by
+        // filter_get_filters().
+        'weight' => $filter['weight'],
+        'settings' => $filter['default settings'],
+      );
+      // All available filters are saved for each format, in order to retain all
+      // filter properties regardless of whether a filter is currently enabled
+      // or not, since some filters require extensive configuration.
+      // @todo Do not save disabled filters whose properties are identical to
+      //   all default properties.
+      if (isset($entity->filters[$name])) {
+        $entity->filters[$name] = array_merge($defaults, $entity->filters[$name]);
+      }
+      else {
+        $entity->filters[$name] = $defaults;
+      }
+      // The module definition from hook_filter_info() always takes precedence
+      // and needs to be updated in case it changes.
+      $entity->filters[$name]['module'] = $filter['module'];
+    }
+
+    // Sort all filters.
+    uasort($entity->filters, 'Drupal\filter\Plugin\Core\Entity\FilterFormat::sortFilters');
+    // Remove the 'name' property from all filters that was added above.
+    foreach ($entity->filters as &$filter) {
+      unset($filter['name']);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Overrides \Drupal\Core\Config\Entity\ConfigStorageController::postSave().
+   */
+  protected function postSave(EntityInterface $entity, $update) {
+    parent::postSave($entity, $update);
+
+    if ($update) {
+      // Clear the filter cache whenever a text format is updated.
+      cache('filter')->deleteTags(array('filter_format' => $entity->id()));
+    }
+    filter_formats_reset();
+
+    // Save user role permissions.
+    // The format was already disabled and saved. filter_formats() does not
+    // include disabled formats. user_role_change_permissions() calls into
+    // user_permission_get_modules() which calls into hook_permission() in order
+    // to determine the module that defines a user permission.
+    // filter_permission() uses filter_formats(), so the disabled format is no
+    // longer contained and consequently the user permission is not found,
+    // leading to an error. Therefore, permissions cannot be updated for
+    // disabled formats.
+    if (!empty($entity->status) && $permission = filter_permission_name($entity)) {
+      foreach (user_roles() as $rid => $name) {
+        $enabled = in_array($rid, $entity->roles);
+        user_role_change_permissions($rid, array($permission => $enabled));
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/filter/lib/Drupal/filter/Plugin/Core/Entity/FilterFormat.php b/core/modules/filter/lib/Drupal/filter/Plugin/Core/Entity/FilterFormat.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f6e6d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/filter/lib/Drupal/filter/Plugin/Core/Entity/FilterFormat.php
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\filter\Plugin\Core\Entity\FilterFormat.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\filter\Plugin\Core\Entity;
+
+use Drupal\Core\Config\Entity\ConfigEntityBase;
+use Drupal\Core\Annotation\Plugin;
+use Drupal\Core\Annotation\Translation;
+
+/**
+ * Represents a text format.
+ *
+ * @Plugin(
+ *   id = "filter_format",
+ *   label = @Translation("Text format"),
+ *   module = "filter",
+ *   controller_class = "Drupal\filter\FilterFormatStorageController",
+ *   config_prefix = "filter.format",
+ *   entity_keys = {
+ *     "id" = "format",
+ *     "label" = "name",
+ *     "uuid" = "uuid"
+ *   }
+ * )
+ */
+class FilterFormat extends ConfigEntityBase {
+
+  /**
+   * Unique machine name of the format.
+   *
+   * @todo Rename to $id.
+   *
+   * @var string
+   */
+  public $format;
+
+  /**
+   * Unique label of the text format.
+   *
+   * Since text formats impact a site's security, two formats with the same
+   * label but different filter configuration would impose a security risk.
+   * Therefore, each text format label must be unique.
+   *
+   * @todo Rename to $label.
+   *
+   * @var string
+   */
+  public $name;
+
+  /**
+   * The UUID for this entity.
+   *
+   * @var string
+   */
+  public $uuid;
+
+  /**
+   * Whether the text format is enabled or disabled.
+   *
+   * @var bool
+   */
+  public $status = 1;
+
+  /**
+   * Weight of this format in the text format selector.
+   *
+   * The first/lowest text format that is accessible for a user is used as
+   * default format.
+   *
+   * @var int
+   */
+  public $weight = 0;
+
+  /**
+   * List of user role IDs that are allowed to use this format.
+   *
+   * @var array
+   */
+  public $roles = array();
+
+  /**
+   * Whether processed text of this format can be cached.
+   *
+   * @var bool
+   */
+  public $cache = 0;
+
+  /**
+   * Configured filters for this text format.
+   *
+   * An associative array of filters assigned to the text format, keyed by the
+   * ID of each filter (prefixed with module name) and using the properties:
+   * - module: The name of the module providing the filter.
+   * - status: (optional) A Boolean indicating whether the filter is
+   *   enabled in the text format. Defaults to disabled.
+   * - weight: (optional) The weight of the filter in the text format. If
+   *   omitted, the default value is determined in the following order:
+   *   - if any, the currently stored weight is retained.
+   *   - if any, the default weight from hook_filter_info() is taken over.
+   *   - otherwise, a default weight of 10, which usually sorts it last.
+   * - settings: (optional) An array of configured settings for the filter.
+   *   See hook_filter_info() for details.
+   *
+   * @var array
+   */
+  public $filters = array();
+
+  /**
+   * Overrides \Drupal\Core\Entity\Entity::id().
+   */
+  public function id() {
+    return $this->format;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Helper callback for uasort() to sort filters by status, weight, module, and name.
+   *
+   * @see Drupal\filter\FilterFormatStorageController::preSave()
+   * @see filter_list_format()
+   */
+  public static function sortFilters($a, $b) {
+    if ($a['status'] != $b['status']) {
+      return !empty($a['status']) ? -1 : 1;
+    }
+    if ($a['weight'] != $b['weight']) {
+      return ($a['weight'] < $b['weight']) ? -1 : 1;
+    }
+    if ($a['module'] != $b['module']) {
+      return strnatcasecmp($a['module'], $b['module']);
+    }
+    return strnatcasecmp($a['name'], $b['name']);
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/filter/lib/Drupal/filter/Tests/FilterAPITest.php b/core/modules/filter/lib/Drupal/filter/Tests/FilterAPITest.php
index e355f2d..3918ea9 100644
--- a/core/modules/filter/lib/Drupal/filter/Tests/FilterAPITest.php
+++ b/core/modules/filter/lib/Drupal/filter/Tests/FilterAPITest.php
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ function setUp() {
     parent::setUp();
 
     // Create Filtered HTML format.
-    $filtered_html_format = array(
+    $filtered_html_format = entity_create('filter_format', array(
       'format' => 'filtered_html',
       'name' => 'Filtered HTML',
       'filters' => array(
@@ -40,12 +40,11 @@ function setUp() {
           'status' => 1,
         ),
       )
-    );
-    $filtered_html_format = (object) $filtered_html_format;
-    filter_format_save($filtered_html_format);
+    ));
+    $filtered_html_format->save();
 
     // Create Full HTML format.
-    $full_html_format = array(
+    $full_html_format = entity_create('filter_format', array(
       'format' => 'full_html',
       'name' => 'Full HTML',
       'weight' => 1,
@@ -55,9 +54,8 @@ function setUp() {
           'status' => 1,
         ),
       ),
-    );
-    $full_html_format = (object) $full_html_format;
-    filter_format_save($full_html_format);
+    ));
+    $full_html_format->save();
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/core/modules/filter/lib/Drupal/filter/Tests/FilterAdminTest.php b/core/modules/filter/lib/Drupal/filter/Tests/FilterAdminTest.php
index 9a09a76..0b9d30f 100644
--- a/core/modules/filter/lib/Drupal/filter/Tests/FilterAdminTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/filter/lib/Drupal/filter/Tests/FilterAdminTest.php
@@ -152,14 +152,13 @@ function testFilterAdmin() {
     ));
     $this->assertTrue(!empty($elements), 'Reorder confirmed in admin interface.');
 
-    $result = db_query('SELECT * FROM {filter} WHERE format = :format ORDER BY weight ASC', array(':format' => $filtered));
-    $filters = array();
-    foreach ($result as $filter) {
-      if ($filter->name == $second_filter || $filter->name == $first_filter) {
-        $filters[] = $filter;
+    $filter_format = entity_load('filter_format', $filtered);
+    foreach ($filter_format->filters as $filter_name => $filter) {
+      if ($filter_name == $second_filter || $filter_name == $first_filter) {
+        $filters[] = $filter_name;
       }
     }
-    $this->assertTrue(($filters[0]->name == $second_filter && $filters[1]->name == $first_filter), 'Order confirmed in database.');
+    $this->assertTrue(($filters[0] == $second_filter && $filters[1] == $first_filter), t('Order confirmed in database.'));
 
     // Add format.
     $edit = array();
diff --git a/core/modules/filter/lib/Drupal/filter/Tests/FilterCrudTest.php b/core/modules/filter/lib/Drupal/filter/Tests/FilterCrudTest.php
index 766736f..2fa330b 100644
--- a/core/modules/filter/lib/Drupal/filter/Tests/FilterCrudTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/filter/lib/Drupal/filter/Tests/FilterCrudTest.php
@@ -35,15 +35,15 @@ public static function getInfo() {
    */
   function testTextFormatCrud() {
     // Add a text format with minimum data only.
-    $format = new stdClass();
+    $format = entity_create('filter_format', array());
     $format->format = 'empty_format';
     $format->name = 'Empty format';
-    filter_format_save($format);
+    $format->save();
     $this->verifyTextFormat($format);
     $this->verifyFilters($format);
 
     // Add another text format specifying all possible properties.
-    $format = new stdClass();
+    $format = entity_create('filter_format', array());
     $format->format = 'custom_format';
     $format->name = 'Custom format';
     $format->filters = array(
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ function testTextFormatCrud() {
         ),
       ),
     );
-    filter_format_save($format);
+    $format->save();
     $this->verifyTextFormat($format);
     $this->verifyFilters($format);
 
@@ -62,21 +62,19 @@ function testTextFormatCrud() {
     $format->name = 'Altered format';
     $format->filters['filter_url']['status'] = 0;
     $format->filters['filter_autop']['status'] = 1;
-    filter_format_save($format);
+    $format->save();
     $this->verifyTextFormat($format);
     $this->verifyFilters($format);
 
     // Add a uncacheable filter and save again.
     $format->filters['filter_test_uncacheable']['status'] = 1;
-    filter_format_save($format);
+    $format->save();
     $this->verifyTextFormat($format);
     $this->verifyFilters($format);
 
     // Disable the text format.
     filter_format_disable($format);
 
-    $db_format = db_query("SELECT * FROM {filter_format} WHERE format = :format", array(':format' => $format->format))->fetchObject();
-    $this->assertFalse($db_format->status, 'Database: Disabled text format is marked as disabled.');
     $formats = filter_formats();
     $this->assertTrue(!isset($formats[$format->format]), 'filter_formats: Disabled text format no longer exists.');
   }
@@ -86,16 +84,6 @@ function testTextFormatCrud() {
    */
   function verifyTextFormat($format) {
     $t_args = array('%format' => $format->name);
-    // Verify text format database record.
-    $db_format = db_select('filter_format', 'ff')
-      ->fields('ff')
-      ->condition('format', $format->format)
-      ->execute()
-      ->fetchObject();
-    $this->assertEqual($db_format->format, $format->format, format_string('Database: Proper format id for text format %format.', $t_args));
-    $this->assertEqual($db_format->name, $format->name, format_string('Database: Proper title for text format %format.', $t_args));
-    $this->assertEqual($db_format->cache, $format->cache, format_string('Database: Proper cache indicator for text format %format.', $t_args));
-    $this->assertEqual($db_format->weight, $format->weight, format_string('Database: Proper weight for text format %format.', $t_args));
 
     // Verify filter_format_load().
     $filter_format = filter_format_load($format->format);
@@ -123,27 +111,7 @@ function verifyTextFormat($format) {
    * Verify that filters are properly stored for a text format.
    */
   function verifyFilters($format) {
-    // Verify filter database records.
-    $filters = db_query("SELECT * FROM {filter} WHERE format = :format", array(':format' => $format->format))->fetchAllAssoc('name');
     $format_filters = $format->filters;
-    foreach ($filters as $name => $filter) {
-      $t_args = array('%format' => $format->name, '%filter' => $name);
-
-      // Verify that filter status is properly stored.
-      $this->assertEqual($filter->status, $format_filters[$name]['status'], format_string('Database: Proper status for %filter in text format %format.', $t_args));
-
-      // Verify that filter settings were properly stored.
-      $this->assertEqual(unserialize($filter->settings), isset($format_filters[$name]['settings']) ? $format_filters[$name]['settings'] : array(), format_string('Database: Proper filter settings for %filter in text format %format.', $t_args));
-
-      // Verify that each filter has a module name assigned.
-      $this->assertTrue(!empty($filter->module), format_string('Database: Proper module name for %filter in text format %format.', $t_args));
-
-      // Remove the filter from the copy of saved $format to check whether all
-      // filters have been processed later.
-      unset($format_filters[$name]);
-    }
-    // Verify that all filters have been processed.
-    $this->assertTrue(empty($format_filters), 'Database contains values for all filters in the saved format.');
 
     // Verify filter_list_format().
     $filters = filter_list_format($format->format);
diff --git a/core/modules/filter/lib/Drupal/filter/Tests/FilterDefaultFormatTest.php b/core/modules/filter/lib/Drupal/filter/Tests/FilterDefaultFormatTest.php
index 04fa520..cbeecd0 100644
--- a/core/modules/filter/lib/Drupal/filter/Tests/FilterDefaultFormatTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/filter/lib/Drupal/filter/Tests/FilterDefaultFormatTest.php
@@ -42,7 +42,10 @@ function testDefaultTextFormats() {
 
     // Adjust the weights so that the first and second formats (in that order)
     // are the two lowest weighted formats available to any user.
-    $minimum_weight = db_query("SELECT MIN(weight) FROM {filter_format}")->fetchField();
+    $minimum_weight = 0;
+    foreach (entity_load_multiple('filter_format') as $format) {
+      $minimum_weight = min($minimum_weight, $format->weight);
+    }
     $edit = array();
     $edit['formats[' . $first_format->format . '][weight]'] = $minimum_weight - 2;
     $edit['formats[' . $second_format->format . '][weight]'] = $minimum_weight - 1;
diff --git a/core/modules/filter/lib/Drupal/filter/Tests/FilterHooksTest.php b/core/modules/filter/lib/Drupal/filter/Tests/FilterHooksTest.php
index f01b4d2..eab7e79 100644
--- a/core/modules/filter/lib/Drupal/filter/Tests/FilterHooksTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/filter/lib/Drupal/filter/Tests/FilterHooksTest.php
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@ public static function getInfo() {
     );
   }
 
-  function setUp() {
-    parent::setUp();
-  }
-
   /**
    * Tests hooks on format management.
    *
@@ -55,8 +51,8 @@ function testFilterHooks() {
     $edit['name'] = $name;
     $edit['roles[' . DRUPAL_ANONYMOUS_RID . ']'] = 1;
     $this->drupalPost('admin/config/content/formats/add', $edit, t('Save configuration'));
-    $this->assertRaw(t('Added text format %format.', array('%format' => $name)), 'New format created.');
-    $this->assertText('hook_filter_format_insert invoked.', 'hook_filter_format_insert was invoked.');
+    $this->assertRaw(t('Added text format %format.', array('%format' => $name)));
+    $this->assertText('hook_filter_format_insert invoked.');
 
     $format_id = $edit['format'];
 
@@ -64,8 +60,8 @@ function testFilterHooks() {
     $edit = array();
     $edit['roles[' . DRUPAL_AUTHENTICATED_RID . ']'] = 1;
     $this->drupalPost('admin/config/content/formats/' . $format_id, $edit, t('Save configuration'));
-    $this->assertRaw(t('The text format %format has been updated.', array('%format' => $name)), 'Format successfully updated.');
-    $this->assertText('hook_filter_format_update invoked.', 'hook_filter_format_update() was invoked.');
+    $this->assertRaw(t('The text format %format has been updated.', array('%format' => $name)));
+    $this->assertText('hook_filter_format_update invoked.');
 
     // Use the format created.
     $language_not_specified = LANGUAGE_NOT_SPECIFIED;
@@ -76,11 +72,11 @@ function testFilterHooks() {
       "body[$language_not_specified][0][format]" => $format_id,
     );
     $this->drupalPost("node/add/{$type->type}", $edit, t('Save'));
-    $this->assertText(t('@type @title has been created.', array('@type' => $type_name, '@title' => $title)), 'New node successfully created.');
+    $this->assertText(t('@type @title has been created.', array('@type' => $type_name, '@title' => $title)));
 
     // Disable the text format.
     $this->drupalPost('admin/config/content/formats/' . $format_id . '/disable', array(), t('Disable'));
-    $this->assertRaw(t('Disabled text format %format.', array('%format' => $name)), 'Format successfully disabled.');
-    $this->assertText('hook_filter_format_disable invoked.', 'hook_filter_format_disable() was invoked.');
+    $this->assertRaw(t('Disabled text format %format.', array('%format' => $name)));
+    $this->assertText('hook_filter_format_disable invoked.');
   }
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/filter/lib/Drupal/filter/Tests/FilterHtmlImageSecureTest.php b/core/modules/filter/lib/Drupal/filter/Tests/FilterHtmlImageSecureTest.php
index a7e38ac..8c95150 100644
--- a/core/modules/filter/lib/Drupal/filter/Tests/FilterHtmlImageSecureTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/filter/lib/Drupal/filter/Tests/FilterHtmlImageSecureTest.php
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ function setUp() {
     parent::setUp();
 
     // Setup Filtered HTML text format.
-    $filtered_html_format = array(
+    $filtered_html_format = entity_create('filter_format', array(
       'format' => 'filtered_html',
       'name' => 'Filtered HTML',
       'filters' => array(
@@ -50,9 +50,8 @@ function setUp() {
           'status' => 1,
         ),
       ),
-    );
-    $filtered_html_format = (object) $filtered_html_format;
-    filter_format_save($filtered_html_format);
+    ));
+    $filtered_html_format->save();
 
     // Setup users.
     $this->checkPermissions(array(), TRUE);
diff --git a/core/modules/filter/lib/Drupal/filter/Tests/FilterSecurityTest.php b/core/modules/filter/lib/Drupal/filter/Tests/FilterSecurityTest.php
index 813d717..231b660 100644
--- a/core/modules/filter/lib/Drupal/filter/Tests/FilterSecurityTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/filter/lib/Drupal/filter/Tests/FilterSecurityTest.php
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ function setUp() {
     $this->drupalCreateContentType(array('type' => 'page', 'name' => 'Basic page'));
 
     // Create Filtered HTML format.
-    $filtered_html_format = array(
+    $filtered_html_format = entity_create('filter_format', array(
       'format' => 'filtered_html',
       'name' => 'Filtered HTML',
       'filters' => array(
@@ -45,9 +45,8 @@ function setUp() {
           'status' => 1,
         ),
       )
-    );
-    $filtered_html_format = (object) $filtered_html_format;
-    filter_format_save($filtered_html_format);
+    ));
+    $filtered_html_format->save();
 
     $filtered_html_permission = filter_permission_name($filtered_html_format);
     user_role_grant_permissions(DRUPAL_ANONYMOUS_RID, array($filtered_html_permission));
diff --git a/core/modules/filter/lib/Drupal/filter/Tests/FilterSettingsTest.php b/core/modules/filter/lib/Drupal/filter/Tests/FilterSettingsTest.php
index 0a6c00c..0bfcef3 100644
--- a/core/modules/filter/lib/Drupal/filter/Tests/FilterSettingsTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/filter/lib/Drupal/filter/Tests/FilterSettingsTest.php
@@ -31,12 +31,12 @@ function testFilterDefaults() {
     $filters = array_fill_keys(array_keys($filter_info), array());
 
     // Create text format using filter default settings.
-    $filter_defaults_format = (object) array(
+    $filter_defaults_format = entity_create('filter_format', array(
       'format' => 'filter_defaults',
       'name' => 'Filter defaults',
       'filters' => $filters,
-    );
-    filter_format_save($filter_defaults_format);
+    ));
+    $filter_defaults_format->save();
 
     // Verify that default weights defined in hook_filter_info() were applied.
     $saved_settings = array();
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ function testFilterDefaults() {
     }
 
     // Re-save the text format.
-    filter_format_save($filter_defaults_format);
+    $filter_defaults_format->save();
     // Reload it from scratch.
     filter_formats_reset();
     $filter_defaults_format = filter_format_load($filter_defaults_format->format);
diff --git a/core/modules/php/config/filter.format.php_code.yml b/core/modules/php/config/filter.format.php_code.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cee6e9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/php/config/filter.format.php_code.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+format: php_code
+name: 'PHP code'
+status: '1'
+weight: '11'
+cache: '0'
+filters:
+  php_code:
+    module: php
+    status: '1'
+langcode: und
diff --git a/core/modules/php/php.install b/core/modules/php/php.install
index 12944dd..a88fe6a 100644
--- a/core/modules/php/php.install
+++ b/core/modules/php/php.install
@@ -6,38 +6,6 @@
  */
 
 /**
- * Implements hook_enable().
- */
-function php_enable() {
-  $format_exists = (bool) db_query_range('SELECT 1 FROM {filter_format} WHERE name = :name', 0, 1, array(':name' => 'PHP code'))->fetchField();
-  // Add a PHP code text format, if it does not exist. Do this only for the
-  // first install (or if the format has been manually deleted) as there is no
-  // reliable method to identify the format in an uninstall hook or in
-  // subsequent clean installs.
-  if (!$format_exists) {
-    $php_format = array(
-      'format' => 'php_code',
-      'name' => 'PHP code',
-      // 'Plain text' format is installed with a weight of 10 by default. Use a
-      // higher weight here to ensure that this format will not be the default
-      // format for anyone.
-      'weight' => 11,
-      'filters' => array(
-        // Enable the PHP evaluator filter.
-        'php_code' => array(
-          'weight' => 0,
-          'status' => 1,
-        ),
-      ),
-    );
-    $php_format = (object) $php_format;
-    filter_format_save($php_format);
-
-    drupal_set_message(t('A <a href="@php-code">PHP code</a> text format has been created.', array('@php-code' => url('admin/config/content/formats/' . $php_format->format))));
-  }
-}
-
-/**
  * Implements hook_disable().
  */
 function php_disable() {
diff --git a/core/modules/search/lib/Drupal/search/Tests/SearchRankingTest.php b/core/modules/search/lib/Drupal/search/Tests/SearchRankingTest.php
index a57e483..4987b56 100644
--- a/core/modules/search/lib/Drupal/search/Tests/SearchRankingTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/search/lib/Drupal/search/Tests/SearchRankingTest.php
@@ -106,12 +106,11 @@ function testRankings() {
    * Test rankings of HTML tags.
    */
   function testHTMLRankings() {
-    $full_html_format = array(
+    $full_html_format = entity_create('filter_format', array(
       'format' => 'full_html',
       'name' => 'Full HTML',
-    );
-    $full_html_format = (object) $full_html_format;
-    filter_format_save($full_html_format);
+    ));
+    $full_html_format->save();
 
     // Login with sufficient privileges.
     $this->drupalLogin($this->drupalCreateUser(array('create page content')));
diff --git a/core/modules/simpletest/lib/Drupal/simpletest/Tests/DrupalUnitTestBaseTest.php b/core/modules/simpletest/lib/Drupal/simpletest/Tests/DrupalUnitTestBaseTest.php
index 5813ffd..6bca9d6 100644
--- a/core/modules/simpletest/lib/Drupal/simpletest/Tests/DrupalUnitTestBaseTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/simpletest/lib/Drupal/simpletest/Tests/DrupalUnitTestBaseTest.php
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ function testEnableModulesLoad() {
    * Tests expected installation behavior of enableModules().
    */
   function testEnableModulesInstall() {
-    $module = 'filter';
-    $table = 'filter';
+    $module = 'node';
+    $table = 'node';
 
     // @todo Remove after configuration system conversion.
     $this->enableModules(array('system'), FALSE);
diff --git a/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Form/FormTest.php b/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Form/FormTest.php
index 9efe0c3..b5989a6 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Form/FormTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Form/FormTest.php
@@ -29,12 +29,11 @@ public static function getInfo() {
   function setUp() {
     parent::setUp();
 
-    $filtered_html_format = array(
+    $filtered_html_format = entity_create('filter_format', array(
       'format' => 'filtered_html',
       'name' => 'Filtered HTML',
-    );
-    $filtered_html_format = (object) $filtered_html_format;
-    filter_format_save($filtered_html_format);
+    ));
+    $filtered_html_format->save();
 
     $filtered_html_permission = filter_permission_name($filtered_html_format);
     user_role_grant_permissions(DRUPAL_ANONYMOUS_RID, array($filtered_html_permission));
diff --git a/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Menu/BreadcrumbTest.php b/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Menu/BreadcrumbTest.php
index 9c51a89..2a9f980 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Menu/BreadcrumbTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Menu/BreadcrumbTest.php
@@ -152,7 +152,8 @@ function testBreadCrumbs() {
     $this->assertBreadcrumb("admin/structure/types/manage/$type/fields/body/widget-type", $trail);
 
     // Verify Filter text format administration breadcrumbs.
-    $format = db_query_range("SELECT format, name FROM {filter_format}", 1, 1)->fetch();
+    $filter_formats = filter_formats();
+    $format = reset($filter_formats);
     $format_id = $format->format;
     $trail = $config + array(
       'admin/config/content' => t('Content authoring'),
diff --git a/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Upgrade/FilterFormatUpgradePathTest.php b/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Upgrade/FilterFormatUpgradePathTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1a42c7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Upgrade/FilterFormatUpgradePathTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\system\Tests\Upgrade\FilterFormatUpgradePathTest.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\system\Tests\Upgrade;
+
+/**
+ * Tests upgrading a bare database with user filter format data.
+ *
+ * Loads a bare installation of Drupal 7 with filter format data and runs the
+ * upgrade process on it. Tests for the conversion filter formats into
+ * configurables.
+ */
+class FilterFormatUpgradePathTest extends UpgradePathTestBase {
+
+  public static function getInfo() {
+    return array(
+      'name' => 'Filter Formats upgrade test',
+      'description' => 'Upgrade tests with filter formats data.',
+      'group' => 'Upgrade path',
+    );
+  }
+
+  public function setUp() {
+    $path = drupal_get_path('module', 'system');
+    $this->databaseDumpFiles = array(
+      $path . '/tests/upgrade/drupal-7.bare.standard_all.database.php.gz',
+      $path . '/tests/upgrade/drupal-7.roles.database.php',
+      $path . '/tests/upgrade/drupal-7.filter_formats.database.php',
+    );
+    parent::setUp();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests expected filter formats entities after a successful upgrade.
+   */
+  public function testFilterFormatUpgrade() {
+    $this->assertTrue($this->performUpgrade(), 'The upgrade was completed successfully.');
+
+    // Checks that all the formats were upgraded
+    $one = filter_format_load('format_one');
+    $this->assertTrue(!empty($one), 'Filter Format one was successfully upgraded');
+    $two = filter_format_load('format_two');
+    $this->assertTrue(!empty($two), 'Filter Format two was successfully upgraded');
+
+    // Filter format 'Three' is disabled, and filter_format_load should return
+    // FALSE. However the entity should be accessible using entity_load.
+    $three_disabled = filter_format_load('format_three');
+    $three_entity = entity_load('filter_format', 'format_three');
+    $this->assertTrue(empty($three_disabled) && !empty($three_entity), 'Filter Format three was successfully upgraded and it is disabled');
+
+    // Check the access to the text formats.
+
+    // Check that the anonymous user role ID has been converted from "1" to
+    // "anonymous" and text formats permissions were updated.
+    $this->drupalGet('admin/people/permissions');
+    $this->assertFieldChecked('edit-anonymous-use-text-format-format-one', 'Use text format format_one permission for "anonymous" is set correctly.');
+    $this->assertNoFieldChecked('edit-anonymous-use-text-format-format-two', 'Use text format format_two permission for "anonymous" is set correctly.');
+
+    // Check that the anonymous user role ID has been converted from "2" to
+    // "authenticated" and text formats permissions were updated.
+    $this->assertNoFieldChecked('edit-authenticated-use-text-format-format-one', 'Use text format format_one permission for "authenticated" is set correctly.');
+    $this->assertFieldChecked('edit-authenticated-use-text-format-format-two', 'Use text format format_two permission for "authenticated" is set correctly.');
+
+    // Check that the permission for "gärtner" still exists and text formats
+    // permissions were updated.
+    $this->assertFieldChecked('edit-4-use-text-format-format-one', 'Use text format format_one permission for role is set correctly.');
+    $this->assertNoFieldChecked('edit-4-use-text-format-format-two', 'Use text format format_two permission for role is set correctly.');
+
+    // Check that role 5 cannot access to the defined text formats
+    $this->assertNoFieldChecked('edit-5-use-text-format-format-one', 'Use text format format_one permission for role is set correctly.');
+    $this->assertNoFieldChecked('edit-5-use-text-format-format-two', 'Use text format format_two permission for role is set correctly.');
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/system/tests/upgrade/drupal-7.filter_formats.database.php b/core/modules/system/tests/upgrade/drupal-7.filter_formats.database.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..402670c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/system/tests/upgrade/drupal-7.filter_formats.database.php
@@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Database additions filter format tests. Used in upgrade.filter_formats.test.
+ *
+ * This dump only contains data and schema components relevant for role
+ * functionality. The drupal-7.bare.database.php file is imported before
+ * this dump, so the two form the database structure expected in tests
+ * altogether.
+ */
+
+db_insert('filter_format')->fields(array(
+  'format',
+  'name',
+  'cache',
+  'status',
+  'weight',
+))
+// Adds some filters formats
+->values(array(
+  'format' => 'format_one',
+  'name' => 'Format One',
+  'cache' => '1',
+  'weight' => '1',
+  'status' => '1'
+))
+->values(array(
+  'format' => 'format_two',
+  'name' => 'Format Two',
+  'cache' => '1',
+  'weight' => '2',
+  'status' => '1'
+))
+// Add a disabled filter format
+->values(array(
+  'format' => 'format_three',
+  'name' => 'Format Three',
+  'cache' => '1',
+  'weight' => '3',
+  'status' => '0'
+))
+->execute();
+
+// Adds filters to the crated filter formats
+db_insert('filter')->fields(array(
+  'format',
+  'module',
+  'name',
+  'weight',
+  'status',
+  'settings',
+))
+// Filters for: Format One
+->values(array(
+  'format' => 'format_one',
+  'module' => 'filter',
+  'name' => 'filter_autop',
+  'weight' => '2',
+  'status' => '1',
+  'settings' => 'a:0:{}',
+))
+->values(array(
+  'format' => 'format_one',
+  'module' => 'filter',
+  'name' => 'filter_html',
+  'weight' => '-10',
+  'status' => '0',
+  'settings' => 'a:3:{s:12:"allowed_html";s:74:"<a> <em> <strong> <cite> <blockquote> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd>";s:16:"filter_html_help";i:1;s:20:"filter_html_nofollow";i:0;}',
+))
+->values(array(
+  'format' => 'format_one',
+  'module' => 'filter',
+  'name' => 'filter_htmlcorrector',
+  'weight' => '10',
+  'status' => '0',
+  'settings' => 'a:0:{}',
+))
+->values(array(
+  'format' => 'format_one',
+  'module' => 'filter',
+  'name' => 'filter_html_escape',
+  'weight' => '0',
+  'status' => '1',
+  'settings' => 'a:0:{}',
+))
+->values(array(
+  'format' => 'format_two',
+  'module' => 'filter',
+  'name' => 'filter_url',
+  'weight' => '1',
+  'status' => '1',
+  'settings' => 'a:1:{s:17:"filter_url_length";i:72;}',
+))
+->values(array(
+  'format' => 'format_two',
+  'module' => 'filter',
+  'name' => 'filter_autop',
+  'weight' => '0',
+  'status' => '0',
+  'settings' => 'a:0:{}',
+))
+->values(array(
+  'format' => 'format_three',
+  'module' => 'filter',
+  'name' => 'filter_html',
+  'weight' => '-10',
+  'status' => '1',
+  'settings' => 'a:3:{s:12:"allowed_html";s:9:"<a> <em> ";s:16:"filter_html_help";i:1;s:20:"filter_html_nofollow";i:0;}',
+))
+->values(array(
+  'format' => 'format_three',
+  'module' => 'filter',
+  'name' => 'filter_htmlcorrector',
+  'weight' => '10',
+  'status' => '0',
+  'settings' => 'a:0:{}',
+))
+->values(array(
+  'format' => 'format_three',
+  'module' => 'filter',
+  'name' => 'filter_html_escape',
+  'weight' => '-10',
+  'status' => '1',
+  'settings' => 'a:0:{}',
+))
+->values(array(
+  'format' => 'format_three',
+  'module' => 'filter',
+  'name' => 'filter_url',
+  'weight' => '0',
+  'status' => '1',
+  'settings' => 'a:1:{s:17:"filter_url_length";s:2:"72";}',
+))
+->execute();
+
+// Define which roles can use the text formats.
+db_insert('role_permission')->fields(array(
+  'rid',
+  'permission',
+  'module',
+))
+// Adds some filters formats
+->values(array(
+  'rid' => 1,
+  'permission' => 'use text format format_one',
+  'module' => 'filter',
+))
+->values(array(
+  'rid' => 4,
+  'permission' => 'use text format format_one',
+  'module' => 'filter',
+))
+->values(array(
+  'rid' => 2,
+  'permission' => 'use text format format_two',
+  'module' => 'filter',
+))
+->values(array(
+  'rid' => 4,
+  'permission' => 'use text format format_three',
+  'module' => 'filter',
+))
+->execute();
+
+db_insert('variable')->fields(array(
+  'name',
+  'value',
+))
+->values(array(
+  'name' => 'format_fallback_format',
+  'value' => 's:10:"plain_text";',
+))
+->execute();
diff --git a/core/modules/taxonomy/lib/Drupal/taxonomy/Tests/TaxonomyTestBase.php b/core/modules/taxonomy/lib/Drupal/taxonomy/Tests/TaxonomyTestBase.php
index 0317ad6..fab42f0 100644
--- a/core/modules/taxonomy/lib/Drupal/taxonomy/Tests/TaxonomyTestBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/taxonomy/lib/Drupal/taxonomy/Tests/TaxonomyTestBase.php
@@ -51,11 +51,13 @@ function createVocabulary() {
    * Returns a new term with random properties in vocabulary $vid.
    */
   function createTerm($vocabulary) {
+    $filter_formats = filter_formats();
+    $format = array_pop($filter_formats);
     $term = entity_create('taxonomy_term', array(
       'name' => $this->randomName(),
       'description' => $this->randomName(),
       // Use the first available text format.
-      'format' => db_query_range('SELECT format FROM {filter_format}', 0, 1)->fetchField(),
+      'format' => $format->format,
       'vid' => $vocabulary->id(),
       'langcode' => LANGUAGE_NOT_SPECIFIED,
     ));
diff --git a/core/modules/taxonomy/lib/Drupal/taxonomy/Tests/Views/TaxonomyTestBase.php b/core/modules/taxonomy/lib/Drupal/taxonomy/Tests/Views/TaxonomyTestBase.php
index 67adc3a..ec91070 100644
--- a/core/modules/taxonomy/lib/Drupal/taxonomy/Tests/Views/TaxonomyTestBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/taxonomy/lib/Drupal/taxonomy/Tests/Views/TaxonomyTestBase.php
@@ -128,11 +128,13 @@ protected function mockStandardInstall() {
    *   The created taxonomy term.
    */
   protected function createTerm() {
+    $filter_formats = filter_formats();
+    $format = array_pop($filter_formats);
     $term = entity_create('taxonomy_term', array(
       'name' => $this->randomName(),
       'description' => $this->randomName(),
       // Use the first available text format.
-      'format' => db_query_range('SELECT format FROM {filter_format}', 0, 1)->fetchField(),
+      'format' => $format->format,
       'vid' => $this->vocabulary->id(),
       'langcode' => LANGUAGE_NOT_SPECIFIED,
     ));
diff --git a/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.install b/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.install
index 4ad0773..64275cc 100644
--- a/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.install
+++ b/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.install
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ function taxonomy_schema() {
         'type' => 'varchar',
         'length' => 255,
         'not null' => FALSE,
-        'description' => 'The {filter_format}.format of the description.',
+        'description' => 'The filter format ID of the description.',
       ),
       'weight' => array(
         'type' => 'int',
diff --git a/core/modules/user/lib/Drupal/user/Tests/UserSignatureTest.php b/core/modules/user/lib/Drupal/user/Tests/UserSignatureTest.php
index 9ed88ca..31f01b9 100644
--- a/core/modules/user/lib/Drupal/user/Tests/UserSignatureTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/user/lib/Drupal/user/Tests/UserSignatureTest.php
@@ -41,19 +41,17 @@ function setUp() {
     // Prefetch and create text formats.
     $this->plain_text_format = filter_format_load('plain_text');
 
-    $filtered_html_format = array(
+    $this->filtered_html_format = entity_create('filter_format', array(
       'format' => 'filtered_html',
       'name' => 'Filtered HTML',
-    );
-    $this->filtered_html_format = (object) $filtered_html_format;
-    filter_format_save($this->filtered_html_format);
+    ));
+    $this->filtered_html_format->save();
 
-    $full_html_format = array(
+    $this->full_html_format = entity_create('filter_format', array(
       'format' => 'full_html',
       'name' => 'Full HTML',
-    );
-    $this->full_html_format = (object) $full_html_format;
-    filter_format_save($this->full_html_format);
+    ));
+    $this->full_html_format->save();
 
     user_role_grant_permissions(DRUPAL_AUTHENTICATED_RID, array(filter_permission_name($this->filtered_html_format)));
     $this->checkPermissions(array(), TRUE);
diff --git a/core/modules/user/user.install b/core/modules/user/user.install
index 1475cda..92febf4 100644
--- a/core/modules/user/user.install
+++ b/core/modules/user/user.install
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ function user_schema() {
         'type' => 'varchar',
         'length' => 255,
         'not null' => FALSE,
-        'description' => 'The {filter_format}.format of the signature.',
+        'description' => 'The filter format ID of the signature.',
       ),
       'created' => array(
         'type' => 'int',
diff --git a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Tests/DefaultViewsTest.php b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Tests/DefaultViewsTest.php
index 1e5b72f..3a09820 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Tests/DefaultViewsTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Tests/DefaultViewsTest.php
@@ -149,11 +149,13 @@ public function testDefaultViews() {
    * Returns a new term with random properties in vocabulary $vid.
    */
   function createTerm($vocabulary) {
+    $filter_formats = filter_formats();
+    $format = array_pop($filter_formats);
     $term = entity_create('taxonomy_term', array(
       'name' => $this->randomName(),
       'description' => $this->randomName(),
       // Use the first available text format.
-      'format' => db_query_range('SELECT format FROM {filter_format}', 0, 1)->fetchField(),
+      'format' => $format->format,
       'vid' => $vocabulary->id(),
       'langcode' => LANGUAGE_NOT_SPECIFIED,
     ));
diff --git a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Tests/Handler/AreaTextTest.php b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Tests/Handler/AreaTextTest.php
index 43b807e..312f0c4 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Tests/Handler/AreaTextTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Tests/Handler/AreaTextTest.php
@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@ public static function getInfo() {
   protected function setUp() {
     parent::setUp();
 
-    $this->enableModules(array('system'));
-    $this->enableModules(array('filter'));
+    $this->enableModules(array('system', 'user', 'filter'));
   }
 
   public function testAreaText() {
diff --git a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Tests/ViewExecutableTest.php b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Tests/ViewExecutableTest.php
index 79f4616..c0879eb 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Tests/ViewExecutableTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Tests/ViewExecutableTest.php
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public static function getInfo() {
   protected function setUp() {
     parent::setUp();
 
-    $this->enableModules(array('node', 'comment', 'user', 'filter'));
+    $this->enableModules(array('system', 'node', 'comment', 'user', 'filter'));
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/core/profiles/standard/config/filter.format.filtered_html.yml b/core/profiles/standard/config/filter.format.filtered_html.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..11623fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/profiles/standard/config/filter.format.filtered_html.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+format: filtered_html
+name: 'Filtered HTML'
+status: '1'
+weight: '0'
+roles:
+  - anonymous
+  - authenticated
+cache: '1'
+filters:
+  filter_url:
+    module: filter
+    status: '1'
+  filter_html:
+    module: filter
+    status: '1'
+  filter_autop:
+    module: filter
+    status: '1'
+  filter_htmlcorrector:
+    module: filter
+    status: '1'
+langcode: und
diff --git a/core/profiles/standard/config/filter.format.full_html.yml b/core/profiles/standard/config/filter.format.full_html.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..26ff727
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/profiles/standard/config/filter.format.full_html.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+format: full_html
+name: 'Full HTML'
+status: '1'
+weight: '1'
+roles:
+  - administrator
+cache: '1'
+filters:
+  filter_url:
+    module: filter
+    status: '1'
+  filter_autop:
+    module: filter
+    status: '1'
+  filter_htmlcorrector:
+    module: filter
+    status: '1'
+langcode: und
diff --git a/core/profiles/standard/standard.install b/core/profiles/standard/standard.install
index 5cb8fb3..c360fd1 100644
--- a/core/profiles/standard/standard.install
+++ b/core/profiles/standard/standard.install
@@ -12,62 +12,6 @@
  * @see system_install()
  */
 function standard_install() {
-  // Add text formats.
-  $filtered_html_format = array(
-    'format' => 'filtered_html',
-    'name' => 'Filtered HTML',
-    'weight' => 0,
-    'filters' => array(
-      // URL filter.
-      'filter_url' => array(
-        'weight' => 0,
-        'status' => 1,
-      ),
-      // HTML filter.
-      'filter_html' => array(
-        'weight' => 1,
-        'status' => 1,
-      ),
-      // Line break filter.
-      'filter_autop' => array(
-        'weight' => 2,
-        'status' => 1,
-      ),
-      // HTML corrector filter.
-      'filter_htmlcorrector' => array(
-        'weight' => 10,
-        'status' => 1,
-      ),
-    ),
-  );
-  $filtered_html_format = (object) $filtered_html_format;
-  filter_format_save($filtered_html_format);
-
-  $full_html_format = array(
-    'format' => 'full_html',
-    'name' => 'Full HTML',
-    'weight' => 1,
-    'filters' => array(
-      // URL filter.
-      'filter_url' => array(
-        'weight' => 0,
-        'status' => 1,
-      ),
-      // Line break filter.
-      'filter_autop' => array(
-        'weight' => 1,
-        'status' => 1,
-      ),
-      // HTML corrector filter.
-      'filter_htmlcorrector' => array(
-        'weight' => 10,
-        'status' => 1,
-      ),
-    ),
-  );
-  $full_html_format = (object) $full_html_format;
-  filter_format_save($full_html_format);
-
   // Enable Bartik theme and set it as default theme instead of Stark.
   // @see system_install()
   $default_theme = 'bartik';
@@ -278,9 +222,8 @@ function standard_install() {
   user_install_picture_field();
 
   // Enable default permissions for system roles.
-  $filtered_html_permission = filter_permission_name($filtered_html_format);
-  user_role_grant_permissions(DRUPAL_ANONYMOUS_RID, array('access content', 'access comments', $filtered_html_permission));
-  user_role_grant_permissions(DRUPAL_AUTHENTICATED_RID, array('access content', 'access comments', 'post comments', 'skip comment approval', $filtered_html_permission));
+  user_role_grant_permissions(DRUPAL_ANONYMOUS_RID, array('access content', 'access comments'));
+  user_role_grant_permissions(DRUPAL_AUTHENTICATED_RID, array('access content', 'access comments', 'post comments', 'skip comment approval'));
 
   // Create a default role for site administrators, with all available permissions assigned.
   $admin_role = new stdClass();
