diff --git a/includes/classes/Feature/Facets/Widget.php b/includes/classes/Feature/Facets/Widget.php
index 45e76fed40..5afc451aa9 100644
--- a/includes/classes/Feature/Facets/Widget.php
+++ b/includes/classes/Feature/Facets/Widget.php
@@ -135,7 +135,6 @@ public function widget( $args, $instance ) {
 		$order   = isset( $instance['order'] ) ? $instance['order'] : 'count';
 
 		$terms     = Utils\get_term_tree( $terms, $orderby, $order, true );
-		$term_tree = Utils\get_term_tree( $terms, 'count', 'desc', false );
 
 		$outputted_terms = array();
 
@@ -217,7 +216,7 @@ public function widget( $args, $instance ) {
 
 							$flat_ordered_terms[] = $top_of_tree;
 
-							$to_process = $this->order_by_selected( $top_of_tree->children, $selected_filters['taxonomies'][ $taxonomy ]['terms'] );
+							$to_process = $this->order_by_selected( $top_of_tree->children, $selected_filters['taxonomies'][ $taxonomy ]['terms'], $order, $orderby );
 
 							while ( ! empty( $to_process ) ) {
 								$term = array_shift( $to_process );
@@ -225,7 +224,7 @@ public function widget( $args, $instance ) {
 								$flat_ordered_terms[] = $term;
 
 								if ( ! empty( $term->children ) ) {
-									$to_process = array_merge( $this->order_by_selected( $term->children, $selected_filters['taxonomies'][ $taxonomy ]['terms'] ), $to_process );
+									$to_process = array_merge( $this->order_by_selected( $term->children, $selected_filters['taxonomies'][ $taxonomy ]['terms'], $order, $orderby ), $to_process );
 								}
 							}
 
@@ -316,12 +315,14 @@ public function widget( $args, $instance ) {
 	/**
 	 * Order terms putting selected at the top
 	 *
-	 * @param  array $terms Array of terms
-	 * @param  array $selected_terms Selected terms
+	 * @param  array  $terms Array of terms
+	 * @param  array  $selected_terms Selected terms
+	 * @param  string $order The order to sort from. Desc or Asc.
+	 * @param  string $orderby The orderby to sort items from.
 	 * @since  2.5
 	 * @return array
 	 */
-	private function order_by_selected( $terms, $selected_terms ) {
+	private function order_by_selected( $terms, $selected_terms, $order = false, $orderby = false ) {
 		$ordered_terms = [];
 		$terms_by_slug = [];
 
@@ -329,10 +330,7 @@ private function order_by_selected( $terms, $selected_terms ) {
 			$terms_by_slug[ $term->slug ] = $term;
 		}
 
-		ksort( $selected_terms );
-		ksort( $terms_by_slug );
-
-		foreach ( $selected_terms as $term_slug => $nothing ) {
+		foreach ( $selected_terms as $term_slug ) {
 			if ( ! empty( $terms_by_slug[ $term_slug ] ) ) {
 				$ordered_terms[ $term_slug ] = $terms_by_slug[ $term_slug ];
 			}
@@ -344,6 +342,30 @@ private function order_by_selected( $terms, $selected_terms ) {
 			}
 		}
 
+		if ( 'count' === $orderby ) {
+			if ( 'asc' === $order ) {
+				uasort(
+					$ordered_terms,
+					function( $a, $b ) {
+						return $a->count > $b->count;
+					}
+				);
+			} else {
+				uasort(
+					$ordered_terms,
+					function( $a, $b ) {
+						return $a->count < $b->count;
+					}
+				);
+			}
+		} else {
+			if ( 'asc' === $order ) {
+				ksort( $ordered_terms );
+			} else {
+				krsort( $ordered_terms );
+			}
+		}
+
 		return array_values( $ordered_terms );
 	}