RTC: Use activation hook to enable RTC by default (#76736)

chriszarate · alecgeatches · web-flow · commit b9bddfc41c8a · 2026-03-20T13:11:08.000-06:00
* Use activation hook to enable RTC by default

* Fix plugin file reference

* Directly hook into the `activate_` function for enabling collaboration

* Add PR backport for opt-in change

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Co-authored-by: Alec Geatches &lt;alec.geatches@automattic.com&gt;
diff --git a/backport-changelog/7.0/11289.md b/backport-changelog/7.0/11289.md
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/pull/11289
 
 * https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/76643
+* https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/76736
diff --git a/lib/compat/wordpress-7.0/collaboration.php b/lib/compat/wordpress-7.0/collaboration.php
@@ -170,10 +170,13 @@ function gutenberg_inject_real_time_collaboration_setting() {
 add_action( 'admin_init', 'gutenberg_inject_real_time_collaboration_setting' );
 
 /**
- * Core filters the default value, so hook with a higher priority to ensure the
- * setting is enabled by default when the Gutenberg plugin is active.
+ * Core adds an option with the default value, so we need to set the option to
+ * our intended default when the Gutenberg plugin is activated.
  */
-add_filter( 'default_option_wp_collaboration_enabled', '__return_true', 500 );
+function gutenberg_set_collaboration_option_on_activation() {
+	update_option( 'wp_collaboration_enabled', '1' );
+}
+add_action( 'activate_gutenberg/gutenberg.php', 'gutenberg_set_collaboration_option_on_activation' );
 
 /**
  * Modifies the post list UI and heartbeat responses for real-time collaboration.

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`1`	`1`	`https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/pull/11289`
`2`	`2`
`3`	`3`	`* https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/76643`
	`4`	`+* https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/76736`