Change the Default Post Status

By default, requests are published as "pending". If you want to automatically publish them, you can do so with the following code.

/**
 * Change default request status to "publish".
 *
 * @return string
 */
function jck_sfr_change_default_post_status() {
    return 'publish';
}

add_filter( 'jck_sfr_get_default_post_status', 'jck_sfr_change_default_post_status', 10 );

Add the code to the end of your theme or child theme's functions.php file.