We'd like to think that a good plugin will stand on its own merits, but it never hurts to give it a helping hand. If you have written a terrific plugin, don't be shy about it—we want to know about it, and we might never find it if you don't tell us about it!
Here are few places where you can try to let people know about your new creation:
The WordPress Support Forum (http://goo.gl/2TgO): This should be your first stop. The title and description can more or less from your
readme.txt
file—the important thing here is to let people know about it.Weblog tools collection (http://goo.gl/Mrur): This is another great place to let people know about your plugin. Use the "New WordPress Plugins" forum to put your project on everyone's radar. Your post here can be about the same as the one on the WordPress forum.
Facebook (or other social media): If you have friends who might be interested, you can try giving a simple non-technical pitch announcing your plugin and what it does as...