Custom Widget Template

Hi,
for the widget itself there isn’t, but you can make a copy of the widget by extending the widget class like this

add_action( 'widgets_init', 'my_widgets_init', 100 );
function my_widgets_init() {
    class My_Recent_Ads_Widget extends Adverts_Widget_Ads {
        public function widget($args, $instance) {
            // your custom HTML here
            return parent::widget($args, $instance);
        }
    }
    unregister_widget( "Adverts_Widget_Ads" );
    register_widget( "My_Recent_Ads_Widget" );
}

Now you will just need to modify the content function widget() returns to display your own version of the template.

Thank you,
will this create a new widget? or would it be the same as WPAdverts Ads widget?
i’ve added the code into functions file but I don’t see a new widget registered

This will just overwrite the original Related Ads widget, by default this code does not do anything, you would need to modify the lines

// your custom HTML here
return parent::widget($args, $instance);

to see the result in the sidebar in the frontend.