diff --git a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/NodeTypeFormController.php b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/NodeTypeFormController.php
index ec465e1..76786d1 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/NodeTypeFormController.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/NodeTypeFormController.php
@@ -31,13 +31,6 @@ public function form(array $form, array &$form_state) {
     }
 
     $node_settings = $type->getModuleSettings('node');
-    // Ensure default settings.
-    $node_settings += array(
-      'options' => array('status', 'promote'),
-      'preview' => DRUPAL_OPTIONAL,
-      'submitted' => TRUE,
-    );
-
     $form['name'] = array(
       '#title' => t('Name'),
       '#type' => 'textfield',
diff --git a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Plugin/Core/Entity/NodeType.php b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Plugin/Core/Entity/NodeType.php
index 464fbe0..650e8be 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Plugin/Core/Entity/NodeType.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Plugin/Core/Entity/NodeType.php
@@ -215,4 +215,21 @@ public static function postDelete(EntityStorageControllerInterface $storage_cont
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public static function preCreate(EntityStorageControllerInterface $storage_controller, array &$values) {
+    parent::preCreate($storage_controller, $values);
+
+    // Ensure default values are set.
+    if (!isset($values['settings']['node'])) {
+      $values['settings']['node'] = array();
+    }
+    $values['settings']['node'] += array(
+      'options' => array('status', 'promote'),
+      'preview' => DRUPAL_OPTIONAL,
+      'submitted' => TRUE,
+    );
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeCreationTest.php b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeCreationTest.php
index 90592b0..d6a6399 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeCreationTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeCreationTest.php
@@ -56,6 +56,19 @@ function testNodeCreation() {
     // Check that the node exists in the database.
     $node = $this->drupalGetNodeByTitle($edit["title"]);
     $this->assertTrue($node, 'Node found in database.');
+
+    // Verify that pages do not show submitted information by default.
+    $submitted_by = t('Submitted by !username on !datetime', array('!username' => $this->loggedInUser->getUsername(), '!datetime' => format_date($node->getCreatedTime())));
+    $this->drupalGet('node/' . $node->id());
+    $this->assertNoText($submitted_by);
+
+    // Change the node type setting to show submitted by information.
+    $node_type = entity_load('node_type', 'page');
+    $node_type->settings['node']['submitted'] = TRUE;
+    $node_type->save();
+
+    $this->drupalGet('node/' . $node->id());
+    $this->assertText($submitted_by);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeFormButtonsTest.php b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeFormButtonsTest.php
index b52d825..7699dff 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeFormButtonsTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeFormButtonsTest.php
@@ -108,8 +108,7 @@ function testNodeFormButtons() {
     // Set article content type default to unpublished. This will change the
     // the initial order of buttons and/or status of the node when creating
     // a node.
-    variable_set('node_options_article', array('promote'));
-    config('node.type.article')->set('settings.node.options.status', 0)->save();
+    \Drupal::config('node.type.article')->set('settings.node.options', array('promote'))->save();
 
     // Verify the buttons on a node add form for an administrator.
     $this->drupalLogin($this->admin_user);
diff --git a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeTestBase.php b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeTestBase.php
index 93eb3dd..bd2c476 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeTestBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeTestBase.php
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ function setUp() {
 
     // Create Basic page and Article node types.
     if ($this->profile != 'standard') {
-      $this->drupalCreateContentType(array('type' => 'page', 'name' => 'Basic page'));
+      $this->drupalCreateContentType(array('type' => 'page', 'name' => 'Basic page', 'settings' => array('node' => array('submitted' => FALSE))));
       $this->drupalCreateContentType(array('type' => 'article', 'name' => 'Article'));
     }
   }
diff --git a/core/modules/node/node.module b/core/modules/node/node.module
index 26f11a2..eb0600a 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/node.module
+++ b/core/modules/node/node.module
@@ -714,8 +714,7 @@ function template_preprocess_node(&$variables) {
 
   // Display post information only on certain node types.
   // Avoid loading the entire node type config entity here.
-  $submitted = Drupal::config('node.type.' . $node->bundle())->get('settings.node.submitted') ?: TRUE;
-  if ($submitted) {
+  if (Drupal::config('node.type.' . $node->bundle())->get('settings.node.submitted')) {
     $variables['display_submitted'] = TRUE;
     $variables['submitted'] = t('Submitted by !username on !datetime', array('!username' => $variables['name'], '!datetime' => $variables['date']));
     if (theme_get_setting('features.node_user_picture')) {
diff --git a/core/modules/rdf/lib/Drupal/rdf/Tests/StandardProfileTest.php b/core/modules/rdf/lib/Drupal/rdf/Tests/StandardProfileTest.php
index 62767a6..302a260 100644
--- a/core/modules/rdf/lib/Drupal/rdf/Tests/StandardProfileTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/rdf/lib/Drupal/rdf/Tests/StandardProfileTest.php
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ protected function doArticleRdfaTests() {
   protected function doPageRdfaTests() {
     // The standard profile hides the created date on pages. Revert display to
     // true for testing.
-    variable_set('node_submitted_page', TRUE);
+    \Drupal::config('node.type.page')->set('settings.node.submitted', TRUE);
 
     // Feed the HTML into the parser.
     $uri_info = $this->page->uri();
diff --git a/core/modules/simpletest/lib/Drupal/simpletest/WebTestBase.php b/core/modules/simpletest/lib/Drupal/simpletest/WebTestBase.php
index ab24fc8..bc66abe 100644
--- a/core/modules/simpletest/lib/Drupal/simpletest/WebTestBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/simpletest/lib/Drupal/simpletest/WebTestBase.php
@@ -285,6 +285,10 @@ protected function drupalCreateNode(array $settings = array()) {
       'format' => filter_default_format(),
     );
 
+    // If the specified node type does not exist, create it.
+    if (!$this->container->get('entity.query')->get('node_type')->condition('type', $settings['type'])->execute()) {
+      $this->drupalCreateContentType(array('type' => $settings['type'], 'name' => $this->randomString()));
+    }
     $node = entity_create('node', $settings);
     if (!empty($settings['revision'])) {
       $node->setNewRevision();