diff --git a/dist/plot-schema.json b/dist/plot-schema.json
index 78614b86693..ff7681f0213 100644
--- a/dist/plot-schema.json
+++ b/dist/plot-schema.json
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@
     },
     "plotlyServerURL": {
       "description": "Sets the URL for the `sendChartToCloud` modebar button. When clicked, the button will send the chart data to this URL.",
-      "dflt": "",
+      "dflt": "https://cloud.plotly.com/newchart",
       "valType": "string"
     },
     "queueLength": {
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@
     },
     "showSendToCloud": {
       "description": "Should we include a modebar button that sends this chart to a URL specified by `plotlyServerURL`, for sharing the chart with others? Note that this button will (after a confirmation step) send chart data to an external server.",
-      "dflt": false,
+      "dflt": true,
       "valType": "boolean"
     },
     "showSources": {
diff --git a/draftlogs/7909_change.md b/draftlogs/7909_change.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d0b7ca2df87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/draftlogs/7909_change.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Update plot_config to show the "Upload to Cloud" button by default, and set the default server URL to cloud.plotly.com via [[#7909](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/pull/7909)]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/plot_api/plot_config.js b/src/plot_api/plot_config.js
index 55237deb55c..0ccd526aed1 100644
--- a/src/plot_api/plot_config.js
+++ b/src/plot_api/plot_config.js
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ var configAttributes = {
 
     plotlyServerURL: {
         valType: 'string',
-        dflt: '',
+        dflt: 'https://cloud.plotly.com/newchart',
         description: [
             'Sets the URL for the `sendChartToCloud` modebar button.',
             'When clicked, the button will send the chart data to this URL.',
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ var configAttributes = {
     },
     showSendToCloud: {
         valType: 'boolean',
-        dflt: false,
+        dflt: true,
         description: [
             'Should we include a modebar button that sends this chart to a URL',
             'specified by `plotlyServerURL`, for sharing the chart with others?',
diff --git a/test/plot-schema.json b/test/plot-schema.json
index 78614b86693..ff7681f0213 100644
--- a/test/plot-schema.json
+++ b/test/plot-schema.json
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@
     },
     "plotlyServerURL": {
       "description": "Sets the URL for the `sendChartToCloud` modebar button. When clicked, the button will send the chart data to this URL.",
-      "dflt": "",
+      "dflt": "https://cloud.plotly.com/newchart",
       "valType": "string"
     },
     "queueLength": {
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@
     },
     "showSendToCloud": {
       "description": "Should we include a modebar button that sends this chart to a URL specified by `plotlyServerURL`, for sharing the chart with others? Note that this button will (after a confirmation step) send chart data to an external server.",
-      "dflt": false,
+      "dflt": true,
       "valType": "boolean"
     },
     "showSources": {