Add Plugins Page to microsite (#2144)

* Add Plugins Page to microsite * Updates to microsite Plugins Page * Correct plugin authors and documentation links * Add category to UI * Move documentation from README to the docs website * Use external urls for logos * Updates to microsite Plugins Page * trailing whitespace * Run prettier on new markdown * Updates to microsite Plugins Page * Move plugins link * Clarify category field * Updates to microsite Plugins Page * Add authorUrl field to plugin config * Render author as a muted link like those in the site map * Updates to microsite Plugins Page * Add authorUrl field to example in docs * Updates to microsite Plugins Page * Add npmPackageName field - intended for future use * Updates to microsite Plugins Page * Add npmPackageName field - intended for future use * Updates to microsite Plugins Page * Use correct docs link
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+---
+id: add-to-marketplace
+title: Add to Marketplace
+---
+
+## Adding a Plugin to the Marketplace
+
+To add a new plugin to the [plugin marketplace](https://backstage.io/plugins)
+create a file in `data/plugins` with your plugin's information. Example:
+
+```yaml
+---
+title: Your Plugin
+author: Your Name
+authorUrl: # A link to information about the author E.g. Company url, github user profile, etc
+category: Monitoring # A single category e.g. CI, Machine Learning, Services, Monitoring
+description: A brief description of the plugin. # Max 170 characters
+documentation: # A link to your documentation E.g. Your github README
+iconUrl: # Used as the src attribute for your logo.
+# You can provide an external url or add your logo under static/img and provide a path
+# relative to static/ e.g. img/my-logo.png
+npmPackageName: # Your npm package name E.g. '@backstage/plugin-<etc>' quotes are required
+```