Run dbdelta on init, at least as long as this is a separate plugin

plugins/woocommerce-admin/wc-admin.php

@@ -92,6 +92,16 @@ function deactivate_wc_admin_plugin() {
 }
 register_deactivation_hook( WC_ADMIN_PLUGIN_FILE, 'deactivate_wc_admin_plugin' );
 
+/**
+ * Update the database tables if needed. This hooked function does NOT need to
+ * be ported to WooCommerce's code base - WC_Install will do this on plugin
+ * update automatically.
+ */
+function wc_admin_init() {
+	WC_Admin_Api_Init::create_db_tables();
+}
+add_action( 'init', 'wc_admin_init' );
+
 /**
  * Set up the plugin, only if we can detect both Gutenberg and WooCommerce
  */