diff --git a/src/Annotation/FacetsProcessor.php b/src/Annotation/FacetsProcessor.php
index fc8125e..7228926 100644
--- a/src/Annotation/FacetsProcessor.php
+++ b/src/Annotation/FacetsProcessor.php
@@ -60,4 +60,11 @@ class FacetsProcessor extends Plugin {
    */
   public $stages;
 
+  /**
+   * Whether or not this processor is default enabled for new facets.
+   *
+   * @var bool
+   */
+  public $default_enabled;
+
 }
diff --git a/src/Form/FacetSettingsForm.php b/src/Form/FacetSettingsForm.php
index 7560c26..5ef811d 100644
--- a/src/Form/FacetSettingsForm.php
+++ b/src/Form/FacetSettingsForm.php
@@ -277,7 +277,9 @@ class FacetSettingsForm extends EntityForm {
       $processors_definitions = $this->getProcessorPluginManager()->getDefinitions();
 
       foreach ($processors_definitions as $processor_id => $processor) {
-        if (isset($processor['locked']) && $processor['locked'] == TRUE) {
+        $is_locked = isset($processor['locked']) && $processor['locked'] == TRUE;
+        $is_default_enabled = isset($processor['default_enabled']) && $processor['default_enabled'] == TRUE;
+        if ($is_locked || $is_default_enabled) {
           $weights = [];
           foreach ($stages as $stage_id => $stage) {
             if (isset($processor['stages'][$stage_id])) {
diff --git a/src/Plugin/facets/processor/ActiveWidgetOrderProcessor.php b/src/Plugin/facets/processor/ActiveWidgetOrderProcessor.php
index 750434d..2527ad1 100644
--- a/src/Plugin/facets/processor/ActiveWidgetOrderProcessor.php
+++ b/src/Plugin/facets/processor/ActiveWidgetOrderProcessor.php
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ use Drupal\facets\Result\Result;
  *   id = "active_widget_order",
  *   label = @Translation("Sort by active state"),
  *   description = @Translation("Sorts the widget results by active state."),
+ *   default_enabled = TRUE,
  *   stages = {
- *     "build" = 50
+ *     "build" = 20
  *   }
  * )
  */
@@ -31,4 +32,11 @@ class ActiveWidgetOrderProcessor extends WidgetOrderPluginBase implements Widget
     return ($a->isActive()) ? -1 : 1;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function defaultConfiguration() {
+    return ['sort' => 'DESC'];
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/Plugin/facets/processor/CountWidgetOrderProcessor.php b/src/Plugin/facets/processor/CountWidgetOrderProcessor.php
index 1bface7..0b1f637 100644
--- a/src/Plugin/facets/processor/CountWidgetOrderProcessor.php
+++ b/src/Plugin/facets/processor/CountWidgetOrderProcessor.php
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ use Drupal\facets\Result\Result;
  *   id = "count_widget_order",
  *   label = @Translation("Sort by count"),
  *   description = @Translation("Sorts the widget results by count."),
+ *   default_enabled = TRUE,
  *   stages = {
- *     "build" = 50
+ *     "build" = 30
  *   }
  * )
  */
@@ -30,4 +31,11 @@ class CountWidgetOrderProcessor extends WidgetOrderPluginBase implements WidgetO
     return ($a->getCount() < $b->getCount()) ? -1 : 1;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function defaultConfiguration() {
+    return ['sort' => 'DESC'];
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/Plugin/facets/processor/DisplayValueWidgetOrderProcessor.php b/src/Plugin/facets/processor/DisplayValueWidgetOrderProcessor.php
index 7f5be4f..cbcbde0 100644
--- a/src/Plugin/facets/processor/DisplayValueWidgetOrderProcessor.php
+++ b/src/Plugin/facets/processor/DisplayValueWidgetOrderProcessor.php
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface;
  *   id = "display_value_widget_order",
  *   label = @Translation("Sort by display value"),
  *   description = @Translation("Sorts the widget results by display value."),
+ *   default_enabled = TRUE,
  *   stages = {
- *     "build" = 50
+ *     "build" = 40
  *   }
  * )
  */
diff --git a/src/Tests/ProcessorIntegrationTest.php b/src/Tests/ProcessorIntegrationTest.php
index ceff798..a8cbfd0 100644
--- a/src/Tests/ProcessorIntegrationTest.php
+++ b/src/Tests/ProcessorIntegrationTest.php
@@ -134,15 +134,16 @@ class ProcessorIntegrationTest extends WebTestBase {
   public function testResultSorting() {
     $id = 'burrowing_owl';
     $name = 'Burrowing owl';
+    $this->editForm = 'admin/config/search/facets/' . $id . '/edit';
 
     $this->createFacet($name, $id, 'keywords');
+    $this->disableAllFacetSorts();
 
     $values = [
       'facet_sorting[display_value_widget_order][status]' => TRUE,
       'widget_configs[show_numbers]' => TRUE,
     ];
-    $this->drupalGet('admin/config/search/facets/' . $id . '/edit');
-    $this->drupalPostForm(NULL, $values, $this->t('Save'));
+    $this->drupalPostForm($this->editForm, $values, $this->t('Save'));
 
     $expected_results = [
       'apple',
@@ -163,11 +164,12 @@ class ProcessorIntegrationTest extends WebTestBase {
 
     // Sort by count, then by display value.
     $values['facet_sorting[count_widget_order][status]'] = TRUE;
+    $values['facet_sorting[count_widget_order][settings][sort]'] = 'ASC';
     $values['processors[count_widget_order][weights][build]'] = 1;
     $values['facet_sorting[display_value_widget_order][status]'] = TRUE;
     $values['processors[display_value_widget_order][weights][build]'] = 2;
-    $this->drupalGet('admin/config/search/facets/' . $id . '/edit');
-    $this->drupalPostForm(NULL, $values, $this->t('Save'));
+    $this->disableAllFacetSorts();
+    $this->drupalPostForm($this->editForm, $values, $this->t('Save'));
 
     $expected_results = [
       'banana',
@@ -188,11 +190,9 @@ class ProcessorIntegrationTest extends WebTestBase {
 
     $values['facet_sorting[display_value_widget_order][status]'] = TRUE;
     $values['facet_sorting[count_widget_order][status]'] = TRUE;
-    $this->drupalGet('admin/config/search/facets/' . $id . '/edit');
-    $this->drupalPostForm(NULL, $values, $this->t('Save'));
-    $this->assertFieldChecked(
-      'edit-facet-sorting-display-value-widget-order-status'
-    );
+    $values['facet_sorting[count_widget_order][settings][sort]'] = 'ASC';
+    $this->drupalPostForm($this->editForm, $values, $this->t('Save'));
+    $this->assertFieldChecked('edit-facet-sorting-display-value-widget-order-status');
     $this->assertFieldChecked('edit-facet-sorting-count-widget-order-status');
 
     $expected_results = [
@@ -363,8 +363,10 @@ class ProcessorIntegrationTest extends WebTestBase {
    * Tests the active widget order.
    */
   protected function checkSortByActive() {
+    $this->disableAllFacetSorts();
     $form = [
       'facet_sorting[active_widget_order][status]' => TRUE,
+      'facet_sorting[active_widget_order][settings][sort]' => 'ASC',
     ];
     $this->drupalPostForm($this->editForm, $form, $this->t('Save'));
 
@@ -392,9 +394,11 @@ class ProcessorIntegrationTest extends WebTestBase {
    * Tests the active widget order.
    */
   protected function checkSortByCount() {
+    $this->disableAllFacetSorts();
     $form = [
       'widget_configs[show_numbers]' => TRUE,
       'facet_sorting[count_widget_order][status]' => TRUE,
+      'facet_sorting[count_widget_order][settings][sort]' => 'ASC',
     ];
     $this->drupalPostForm($this->editForm, $form, $this->t('Save'));
 
@@ -425,6 +429,7 @@ class ProcessorIntegrationTest extends WebTestBase {
    * Tests the display order.
    */
   protected function checkSortByDisplay() {
+    $this->disableAllFacetSorts();
     $form = ['facet_sorting[display_value_widget_order][status]' => TRUE];
     $this->drupalPostForm($this->editForm, $form, $this->t('Save'));
 
@@ -450,6 +455,7 @@ class ProcessorIntegrationTest extends WebTestBase {
    * Tests the display order.
    */
   protected function checkSortByRaw() {
+    $this->disableAllFacetSorts();
     $form = [
       'facet_sorting[raw_value_widget_order][status]' => TRUE,
     ];
@@ -490,4 +496,21 @@ class ProcessorIntegrationTest extends WebTestBase {
     $this->blocks[$id] = $this->drupalPlaceBlock($plugin_id, $settings);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Disables all sorting processors for a clean testing base.
+   */
+  protected function disableAllFacetSorts($path = FALSE) {
+    $settings = [
+      'facet_sorting[raw_value_widget_order][status]' => FALSE,
+      'facet_sorting[display_value_widget_order][status]' => FALSE,
+      'facet_sorting[count_widget_order][status]' => FALSE,
+      'facet_sorting[active_widget_order][status]' => FALSE,
+
+    ];
+    if (!$path) {
+      $path = $this->editForm;
+    }
+    $this->drupalPostForm($path, $settings, $this->t('Save'));
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/tests/src/Unit/Plugin/processor/ActiveWidgetOrderProcessorTest.php b/tests/src/Unit/Plugin/processor/ActiveWidgetOrderProcessorTest.php
index 21aaff3..e2c4ac6 100644
--- a/tests/src/Unit/Plugin/processor/ActiveWidgetOrderProcessorTest.php
+++ b/tests/src/Unit/Plugin/processor/ActiveWidgetOrderProcessorTest.php
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class ActiveWidgetOrderProcessorTest extends UnitTestCase {
    */
   public function testDefaultConfiguration() {
     $config = $this->processor->defaultConfiguration();
-    $this->assertEquals(['sort' => 'ASC'], $config);
+    $this->assertEquals(['sort' => 'DESC'], $config);
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/tests/src/Unit/Plugin/processor/CountWidgetOrderProcessorTest.php b/tests/src/Unit/Plugin/processor/CountWidgetOrderProcessorTest.php
index 91427a1..3ec0529 100644
--- a/tests/src/Unit/Plugin/processor/CountWidgetOrderProcessorTest.php
+++ b/tests/src/Unit/Plugin/processor/CountWidgetOrderProcessorTest.php
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class CountWidgetOrderProcessorTest extends UnitTestCase {
    */
   public function testDefaultConfiguration() {
     $config = $this->processor->defaultConfiguration();
-    $this->assertEquals(['sort' => 'ASC'], $config);
+    $this->assertEquals(['sort' => 'DESC'], $config);
   }
 
 }