docs/features/lesson-booking.md

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ Group classes follow the same registration flow but enrol against an offering of
 kind `group_class`; see `group-classes.md`.
 
 ## Admin Interface
-- **Scheduler** (`manage_options` only): all upcoming lessons across all instructors
+- **Scheduler** (`view_all_lessons` — studio admin / administrators): all upcoming lessons across all instructors
 - **My Lessons** (`view_own_lessons`): upcoming lessons for the logged-in instructor
 
 ## Frontend Shortcodes

docs/features/user-roles.md

@@ -10,9 +10,17 @@ Runs the studio. Logs in via standard wp-admin. Can:
 - Create instructor accounts and set/revoke each instructor's capabilities
 - Manage offerings, intake questions, and policies
 - Configure Stripe credentials and per-student billing overrides (card / e-transfer / comp)
+- View the studio-wide scheduler (all upcoming lessons across instructors)
 - View the all-instructor payments report and export it
 
-**Capabilities:** `read`, `manage_instructors`, `manage_offerings`, `manage_questions`, `manage_policies`, `manage_billing`, `view_all_payments`, `export_payments`
+**Capabilities:** `read`, `manage_instructors`, `manage_offerings`, `manage_questions`, `manage_policies`, `manage_billing`, `view_all_lessons`, `view_all_payments`, `export_payments`
+
+> Any WordPress **administrator** (`manage_options`) implicitly holds every
+> studio-admin capability above, so the site owner runs the studio without being
+> assigned the `us_studio_admin` role. This is applied dynamically via the
+> `user_has_cap` filter (`RoleManager::grantStudioCapsToAdministrators()`) — it
+> persists nothing and is removed when the plugin is deactivated. The
+> `us_studio_admin` role exists for non-administrator staff who manage the studio.
 
 ### Instructor (`us_instructor`)
 Created by the studio admin. Logs in via standard wp-admin. Can:
@@ -41,6 +49,7 @@ Logs in via the front-end `[us_student_login]` shortcode. Can:
 | `manage_policies`     | ✓            |            |         | Policies                        |
 | `manage_billing`      | ✓            |            |         | Payments (Stripe + overrides)   |
 | `book_lesson`         |              |            | ✓       | Lesson booking / enrolment      |
+| `view_all_lessons`    | ✓            |            |         | Scheduler dashboard             |
 | `view_own_lessons`    |              | ✓          | ✓       | Lesson + group views            |
 | `view_own_payments`   |              | ✓          |         | Payment reporting               |
 | `view_all_payments`   | ✓            |            |         | Payment reporting               |

src/AdminMenu.php

@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ class AdminMenu {
 	}
 
 	public function addPages(): void {
-		// Admin-only dashboard: all upcoming lessons.
+		// Studio-wide dashboard: all upcoming lessons across instructors.
 		add_menu_page(
 			__( 'Scheduler', 'unsupervised-schedular' ),
 			__( 'Scheduler', 'unsupervised-schedular' ),
-			'manage_options',
+			RoleManager::CAP_VIEW_ALL_LESSONS,
 			'us-scheduler',
 			[ $this->lessonController, 'renderAdminDashboard' ],
 			'dashicons-calendar-alt',

src/Auth/RoleManager.php

@@ -18,29 +18,44 @@ class RoleManager {
 	public const CAP_MANAGE_QUESTIONS   = 'manage_questions';
 	public const CAP_MANAGE_POLICIES    = 'manage_policies';
 	public const CAP_MANAGE_BILLING     = 'manage_billing';
+	public const CAP_VIEW_ALL_LESSONS   = 'view_all_lessons';
 	public const CAP_VIEW_ALL_PAYMENTS  = 'view_all_payments';
 	public const CAP_VIEW_OWN_PAYMENTS  = 'view_own_payments';
 	public const CAP_EXPORT_PAYMENTS    = 'export_payments';
 
+	/**
+	 * Capabilities granted to the `us_studio_admin` role, and implicitly to any
+	 * WordPress administrator (see {@see grantStudioCapsToAdministrators()}).
+	 *
+	 * @var list<string>
+	 */
+	public const STUDIO_ADMIN_CAPS = [
+		self::CAP_MANAGE_INSTRUCTORS,
+		self::CAP_MANAGE_OFFERINGS,
+		self::CAP_MANAGE_QUESTIONS,
+		self::CAP_MANAGE_POLICIES,
+		self::CAP_MANAGE_BILLING,
+		self::CAP_VIEW_ALL_LESSONS,
+		self::CAP_VIEW_ALL_PAYMENTS,
+		self::CAP_EXPORT_PAYMENTS,
+	];
+
 	public function register(): void {
 		add_action( 'init', [ $this, 'createRoles' ] );
+		add_filter( 'user_has_cap', [ $this, 'grantStudioCapsToAdministrators' ], 10, 1 );
 	}
 
 	public function createRoles(): void {
 		if ( get_role( self::STUDIO_ADMIN ) === null ) {
+			$studioCaps = [ 'read' => true ];
+			foreach ( self::STUDIO_ADMIN_CAPS as $cap ) {
+				$studioCaps[ $cap ] = true;
+			}
+
 			add_role(
 				self::STUDIO_ADMIN,
 				__( 'Studio Admin', 'unsupervised-schedular' ),
-				[
+				$studioCaps
-					'read'                       => true,
-					self::CAP_MANAGE_INSTRUCTORS => true,
-					self::CAP_MANAGE_OFFERINGS   => true,
-					self::CAP_MANAGE_QUESTIONS   => true,
-					self::CAP_MANAGE_POLICIES    => true,
-					self::CAP_MANAGE_BILLING     => true,
-					self::CAP_VIEW_ALL_PAYMENTS  => true,
-					self::CAP_EXPORT_PAYMENTS    => true,
-				]
 			);
 		}
 
@@ -72,4 +87,28 @@ class RoleManager {
 			);
 		}
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Grant every studio-admin capability to WordPress administrators.
+	 *
+	 * The studio owner runs the site as an administrator (`manage_options`) and
+	 * should manage offerings, questions, policies, billing, and reports without
+	 * being assigned the separate `us_studio_admin` role. Applied dynamically via
+	 * the `user_has_cap` filter, so nothing is persisted and the grant disappears
+	 * when the plugin is deactivated.
+	 *
+	 * @param array<string, bool> $allcaps All capabilities currently held by the user.
+	 * @return array<string, bool>
+	 */
+	public function grantStudioCapsToAdministrators( array $allcaps ): array {
+		if ( empty( $allcaps['manage_options'] ) ) {
+			return $allcaps;
+		}
+
+		foreach ( self::STUDIO_ADMIN_CAPS as $cap ) {
+			$allcaps[ $cap ] = true;
+		}
+
+		return $allcaps;
+	}
 }

src/Booking/LessonController.php

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class LessonController {
 	public function __construct( private BookingRepository $repository ) {}
 
 	public function renderAdminDashboard(): void {
-		if ( ! current_user_can( 'manage_options' ) ) {
+		if ( ! current_user_can( RoleManager::CAP_VIEW_ALL_LESSONS ) ) {
 			wp_die( esc_html__( 'You do not have permission to view this page.', 'unsupervised-schedular' ) );
 		}
 

tests/Unit/Auth/RoleManagerTest.php

@@ -9,15 +9,36 @@ use Unsupervised\Schedular\Tests\Unit\TestCase;
 
 class RoleManagerTest extends TestCase
 {
-    public function testRegisterAddsInitHook(): void
+    public function testRegisterAddsInitHookAndCapFilter(): void
     {
         Functions\expect('add_action')
             ->once()
             ->with('init', \Mockery::any());
 
+        Functions\expect('add_filter')
+            ->once()
+            ->with('user_has_cap', \Mockery::any(), 10, 1);
+
         (new RoleManager())->register();
     }
 
+    public function testGrantsStudioCapsToAdministrators(): void
+    {
+        $result = (new RoleManager())->grantStudioCapsToAdministrators(['manage_options' => true]);
+
+        foreach (RoleManager::STUDIO_ADMIN_CAPS as $cap) {
+            self::assertTrue($result[$cap], "administrator should be granted {$cap}");
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function testDoesNotGrantStudioCapsToNonAdministrators(): void
+    {
+        $result = (new RoleManager())->grantStudioCapsToAdministrators(['read' => true]);
+
+        self::assertArrayNotHasKey(RoleManager::CAP_MANAGE_OFFERINGS, $result);
+        self::assertSame(['read' => true], $result);
+    }
+
     public function testCreateRolesSkipsExistingRoles(): void
     {
         Functions\when('get_role')->alias(static fn() => new \stdClass());