A wired circuit board having improved adhesion between the conductive
pattern and an insulating layer to prevent a plating solution from
remaining between a metal plating layer and the insulating layer. The
invention prevents ionic impurities in the plating solution from
remaining as residual or ionic contamination, thereby preventing a short
circuit from developing when electric current flows through the circuit
under a high temperature and high humidity environment. Lower end
portions of the terminal portions that are formed on an insulating base
layer and lower end portions of side surfaces and metal plating layers
that cover the terminal portions are embedded in the insulating base
layer in a flexible wired circuit board.