diff --git a/includes/classes/Feature/Facets/Widget.php b/includes/classes/Feature/Facets/Widget.php
index 45e76fed40..b79c7b5a8a 100644
--- a/includes/classes/Feature/Facets/Widget.php
+++ b/includes/classes/Feature/Facets/Widget.php
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ 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 +225,7 @@ 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'] ), $to_process, $order, $orderby );
 								}
 							}
 
@@ -316,12 +316,14 @@ 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 +331,7 @@ 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 +343,30 @@ 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 ) {
+				krsort( $ordered_terms );
+			} else {
+				ksort( $ordered_terms );
+			}
+		}
+
 		return array_values( $ordered_terms );
 	}
 
diff --git a/includes/classes/Indexable/Post/Post.php b/includes/classes/Indexable/Post/Post.php
index f00213ef5e..d1463c81a1 100644
--- a/includes/classes/Indexable/Post/Post.php
+++ b/includes/classes/Indexable/Post/Post.php
@@ -1000,7 +1000,8 @@ function( $tax_query ) use ( $args ) {
 		$taxonomies = get_taxonomies( array(), 'objects' );
 
 		foreach ( $taxonomies as $tax_slug => $tax ) {
-			if ( $tax->query_var && ! empty( $args[ $tax->query_var ] ) ) {
+			// Exclude the category taxonomy from this check if we are performing a Tax Query as category_name will be set by core
+			if ( $tax->query_var && ! empty( $args[ $tax->query_var ] ) && 'category' !== $tax->name ) {
 				$args['tax_query'][] = array(
 					'taxonomy' => $tax_slug,
 					'terms'    => (array) $args[ $tax->query_var ],
diff --git a/tests/php/indexables/TestPost.php b/tests/php/indexables/TestPost.php
index 190df3c958..d136c1563b 100644
--- a/tests/php/indexables/TestPost.php
+++ b/tests/php/indexables/TestPost.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 use ElasticPress;
 use ElasticPress\Indexables as Indexables;
+use function ElasticPressTest\Functions\create_and_sync_term;
 
 /**
  * Test post indexable class
@@ -6196,4 +6197,39 @@ public function testPostPrepareDateTerms() {
 		$this->assertArrayHasKey( 'second', $return_prepare_date_terms );
 		$this->assertArrayHasKey( 'm', $return_prepare_date_terms );
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Test when we perform a Tax Query with Id's for the category taxonomy cat id is used and cat slug is not.
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 * @group  post
+	 */
+	public function testTaxQueryWithCategoryId() {
+		$cat = wp_create_category( 'test category' );
+
+		$query = new \WP_Query();
+
+		$post = new \ElasticPress\Indexable\Post\Post();
+
+		$args = $post->format_args(
+			[
+				'post_type'    => 'post',
+				'post_status'  => 'public',
+				'ep_integrate' => true,
+				'tax_query'    => array(
+					array(
+						'taxonomy' => 'category',
+						'terms'    => array( $cat ),
+						'field'    => 'term_id',
+						'operator' => 'in',
+					)
+				)
+			],
+			$query
+		);
+
+		$this->assertCount( 1, $args['post_filter']['bool']['must'][0]['bool']['must'] );
+		$this->assertArrayHasKey( 'terms.category.term_id', $args['post_filter']['bool']['must'][0]['bool']['must'][0]['terms'] );
+		$this->assertContains( $cat, $args['post_filter']['bool']['must'][0]['bool']['must'][0]['terms']['terms.category.term_id'] );
+	}
 }