By default Instructor user role can not create WooCommerce coupons. Following tip will help you in allowing instructors to create coupons in your site via WP Admin interface:
a. Paste below code in Child Theme functions.php or Wplms customiser – wplms_customiser.php
b. After pasting the code login as instructor and refresh the WP Admin screen twice and you should see a coupons link in the WP Admin menu.
add_action( 'admin_init','enable_instructor_to_create_coupons');
function enable_instructor_to_create_coupons(){
$role = get_role( 'instructor' );
$capabilities = wplms_get_woocommerce_core_capabilities();
foreach ( $capabilities as $cap_group ) {
foreach ( $cap_group as $cap ) {
$role->add_cap( $cap );
}
}
}
function wplms_get_woocommerce_core_capabilities() {
$capabilities = array();
$capability_types = array( 'shop_coupon');
foreach ( $capability_types as $capability_type ) {
$capabilities[ $capability_type ] = array(
// Post type
"edit_{$capability_type}",
"read_{$capability_type}",
"delete_{$capability_type}",
"edit_{$capability_type}s",
"publish_{$capability_type}s",
"read_private_{$capability_type}s",
"delete_{$capability_type}s",
"delete_private_{$capability_type}s",
"delete_published_{$capability_type}s",
"edit_private_{$capability_type}s",
"edit_published_{$capability_type}s",
);
}
return $capabilities;
}

