The only way WordPress is going to know what the previous option was, is if you save it before you change it – since you’re replacing the built-in option, it has no way of knowing how to get back to that.
So, you could add a custom ‘backup’ option that you restore on deactivation.
Something like this when your option is first set:
function set_hp(){
update_option( 'wpse_231804_backup_page_on_front', get_option( 'page_on_front' ) );
update_option( 'wpse_231804_backup_show_on_front', get_option( 'show_on_front' ) );
// ... include the rest of your code here ...
}
With a simple reverse on deactivation:
function myplugin_deactivate(){
update_option( 'page_on_front', get_option( 'wpse_231804_backup_page_on_front' ) );
update_option( 'show_on_front', get_option( 'wpse_231804_backup_show_on_front' ) );
}
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