I've had good luck with RoyalSlider: http://dimsemenov.com/plugins/royal-slider/ I like the fact you can bring in products from WooCommerce. You can also display HTML / links on each slide, but the configuration to set that up required some template coding in the slider.
Meta Slider: Last Updated: 2014-10-14 Downloads: 1,276,866 https://wordpress.org/plugins/ml-slider/ Wow Slider: Last Updated: 2014-10-16 Downloads: 360,211 https://wordpress.org/plugins/wowslider/ Both are free, responsive and recently upgraded.
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Thaks to all! I think I will go for the most popular option - Metaslider. Can it also be added to the header?
In fact there is a lot of Slider plugins, you just have to choose the one that suit your Theme and the Use of it.. because some are really too Heavy for Nothing... You can check this list of the best wordpress slider plugins 2014 : http://www.seodesign.us/wordpress/10-best-free-wordpress-slider-plugins/ All the sliders are free.. Avoid the Premium ones because they have no other advanced options.. just some other few Slider effects... Goodluck