We got a support ticket from a user who doesn't have access to the list of active plugins, who wanted to know whether it was active.
[ ] assemble a demo shortcode
[ ] add the demo shortcode to the plugin's docs or FAQ in the readme, under a heading something like "I don't have access to my site's plugins page. How can I tell if this shortcode is active?" with a response along the lines of "create a draft post with this shortcode and preview it; you should see something like this:"
We got a support ticket from a user who doesn't have access to the list of active plugins, who wanted to know whether it was active.