Force nodes created by Feeds module to be published even if nodes are unpublished by default
Implement hook_nodeapi() for the 'presave' operation to set the node status to published if there is a new one created by Feeds:

function MODULE_nodeapi(&amp;$node, $op, $a3 = NULL, $a4 = NULL) {
  if ($op === 'presave' &amp;&amp; empty($node-&gt;nid) &amp;&amp; !empty($node-&gt;feeds_node_item)) {
    $node-&gt;status = 1;
  }
}