A method for manufacturing a wiring board according to the present disclosure includes: in the following order, (a) a step of irradiating an insulating layer composed of a resin composition with active energy rays; (b) a step of adsorbing an electroless plating catalyst to the insulating layer; and (c) a step of forming a metal layer on a surface of the insulating layer by electroless plating, in which in the step (a), a modified region having a thickness of 20 nm or more in a depth direction from the surface of the insulating layer and voids communicating from the surface of the insulating layer is formed by irradiation of the active energy rays.