Merge pull request #2272 from rabbitmq/rabbitmq-website-1096

Add `rabbitmq_sharding` to Tier 1 plugins list

Author: michaelklishin

docs/plugins.md

@@ -502,6 +502,30 @@ The table below lists tier 1 (core) plugins that ship with RabbitMQ.
     </td>
   </tr>
 
+  <tr>
+    <th>rabbitmq_sharding</th>
+    <td>
+       <p>
+        :::tip
+
+        Consider using [streams and partitioned streams](./streams) over this plugin. They target the same
+        set of use cases but are much more efficient when used with a RabbitMQ Stream Protocol client library.
+
+        :::
+       </p>
+       <p>
+        A plug-in for RabbitMQ that provides sharded queues. Sharding is
+        performed by exchanges, that is, messages will be partitioned
+        across "shard" queues by one exchange that we define as sharded.
+       </p>
+      <ul>
+        <li>
+          <a href="https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/blob/main/deps/rabbitmq_sharding/README.md">README for this plugin</a>
+        </li>
+      </ul>
+    </td>
+  </tr>
+
   <tr>
     <th>rabbitmq_shovel</th>
     <td>

versioned_docs/version-3.13/plugins.md

@@ -516,6 +516,20 @@ The table below lists tier 1 (core) plugins that ship with RabbitMQ.
     </td>
   </tr>
 
+  <tr>
+    <th>rabbitmq_sharding</th>
+    <td>
+       A plug-in for RabbitMQ that provides sharded queues. Sharding is
+       performed by exchanges, that is, messages will be partitioned
+       across "shard" queues by one exchange that we define as sharded.
+      <ul>
+        <li>
+          <a href="https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/blob/main/deps/rabbitmq_sharding/README.md">README for this plugin</a>
+        </li>
+      </ul>
+    </td>
+  </tr>
+
   <tr>
     <th>rabbitmq_shovel</th>
     <td>

versioned_docs/version-4.0/plugins.md

@@ -502,6 +502,30 @@ The table below lists tier 1 (core) plugins that ship with RabbitMQ.
     </td>
   </tr>
 
+  <tr>
+    <th>rabbitmq_sharding</th>
+    <td>
+       <p>
+        :::tip
+
+        Consider using [streams and partitioned streams](./streams) over this plugin. They target the same
+        set of use cases but are much more efficient when used with a RabbitMQ Stream Protocol client library.
+
+        :::
+       </p>
+       <p>
+        A plug-in for RabbitMQ that provides sharded queues. Sharding is
+        performed by exchanges, that is, messages will be partitioned
+        across "shard" queues by one exchange that we define as sharded.
+       </p>
+      <ul>
+        <li>
+          <a href="https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/blob/main/deps/rabbitmq_sharding/README.md">README for this plugin</a>
+        </li>
+      </ul>
+    </td>
+  </tr>
+
   <tr>
     <th>rabbitmq_shovel</th>
     <td>

versioned_docs/version-4.1/plugins.md

@@ -502,6 +502,30 @@ The table below lists tier 1 (core) plugins that ship with RabbitMQ.
     </td>
   </tr>
 
+  <tr>
+    <th>rabbitmq_sharding</th>
+    <td>
+       <p>
+        :::tip
+
+        Consider using [streams and partitioned streams](./streams/) over this plugin. They target the same
+        set of use cases but are much more efficient when used with a RabbitMQ Stream Protocol client library.
+
+        :::
+       </p>
+       <p>
+        A plug-in for RabbitMQ that provides sharded queues. Sharding is
+        performed by exchanges, that is, messages will be partitioned
+        across "shard" queues by one exchange that we define as sharded.
+       </p>
+      <ul>
+        <li>
+          <a href="https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/blob/main/deps/rabbitmq_sharding/README.md">README for this plugin</a>
+        </li>
+      </ul>
+    </td>
+  </tr>
+
   <tr>
     <th>rabbitmq_shovel</th>
     <td>