MDL Local Service Lead Validator for WordPress Plugin Directory
MDL Local Service Lead Validator is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by Monday Digital Lab.
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MDL Local Service Lead Validator is a newly-listed WordPress app with a limited review volume. Category data on the canonical marketplace listing is currently incomplete, so AppRanks falls back to platform-wide rather than category-relative comparison for this listing. no published reviews yet means feature claims are unverified by the wider merchant base. Without a published review base, the only fit-signal available is the developer's own documentation plus the marketplace's listing-quality audit (linked below). Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +Published by Monday Digital Lab — established developer track record
Cons
- −No public reviews yet — fit and reliability are unverified
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How MDL Local Service Lead Validator works
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MDL Local Service Lead Validator helps local service businesses stop receiving leads from outside their service area. When a visitor fills in a phone number on a contact or lead form, the plugin checks the area or regional code against your configured service area. If the number is outside your allowed coverage, the submission is blocked and the visitor sees your warning message.
How it works
You configure your service area in Lead Validator > Settings.
The plugin builds and stores the allowed code list from your selected countries, regions, or manual entries, and also stores the structured picker selection used by the admin UI.
When a visitor submits a form, the plugin validates the number in the browser for instant feedback and on the server for supported integrations.
Valid numbers submit normally. Invalid numbers are blocked and show your warning message.
Admin screens
Lead Validator > Settings: General, International, and Logging tabs
Lead Validator > Form Overrides: per-form allowed code lists
Lead Validator > Blocked Leads: blocked submission log with CSV export
Validation modes
NANP: for standard US and Canada style numbers
International: for non-NANP countries or multi-country setups
The General tab controls which countries and regional codes are allowed. The International tab controls how those selected countries are parsed when international mode is enabled.
Supported form plugins
Contact Form 7 (free)
WPForms (free and Pro)
Gravity Forms
Elementor Pro Forms
Generic HTML forms — any <form> on the page via client-side JS, plus an optional AJAX endpoint for custom server-side validation
Features
Two-layer validation for supported integrations: client-side JavaScript (instant) + server-side PHP (secure)
World country and region picker for building allowed code lists
Configurable list of allowed codes (comma or newline separated)
Customisable warning message
Configurable CSS selectors for phone fields and target forms
NANP and international parsing modes
Country-specific international parsing overrides
Per-form area code overrides
Blocked lead logging with CSV export
Multisite support with network-wide default codes
Accessible warning UI (role="alert", keyboard focus management)
Fully internationalised — translation-ready with .pot file included
No external API calls — all validation is local
Cleans up all data on plugin deletion
Privacy This plugin does not transmit any data to external servers. All phone number validation is performed locally on your WordPress installation.
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Frequently asked questions
What is MDL Local Service Lead Validator?
MDL Local Service Lead Validator is an app for WordPress. It is published on WordPress Plugin Directory and tracked by AppRanks, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. AppRanks tracks its category position, review-velocity trend, and the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by Monday Digital Lab.