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[Doc][Plugin] Improve visibility of Custom plugin docs

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Start by reviewing the main documentation and community page referenced in the screenshots, then locate the current Custom plugin and Making Contributions sections. Confirm that the custom plugin guidance is easier to find, the requested heading is updated, and the contribution page links to it; verify the rendered pages before considering the documentation change complete.

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Description

type/documentation

Documentation Scope

This can improve the custom plugin visibility in main docs and community page

Describe the Change

Please check screenshots below

Screenshots

  • The Custom plugin docs can be separated from plugins section for more visibility
  • The Titile "Customize" can be renamed to "Implement a custom plugin"
image - The above custom plugin implementation can additionally be linked to "Making Contributions" image

Additional context

There has been multiple instances where developers asked the question in the community on how to find the docs for testing custom plugins, finding resources etc.

Dominant language
TypeScript
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Forks
116
Avg merge
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Merged PRs (30d)
1

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