added the abitliy to opt out of pinyin in control panel and in program plug in - this give a major perf boost (and I'm guessing it is not relevant for most users)

Plugins/Wox.Plugin.ControlPanel/ControlPanelSettingsView.xaml

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<UserControl x:Class="Wox.Plugin.ControlPanel.ControlPanelSettingsView"
+             xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
+             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
+             xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006" 
+             xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008" 
+             xmlns:local="clr-namespace:Wox.Plugin.ControlPanel"
+             mc:Ignorable="d" 
+             d:DesignHeight="450" d:DesignWidth="800">
+    <Grid>
+        <CheckBox Name="ShouldUsePinYin_checkBox" IsChecked="{Binding ShouldUsePinYin}" Content="Should Use PinYin"/>
+    </Grid>
+</UserControl>

Plugins/Wox.Plugin.ControlPanel/ControlPanelSettingsView.xaml.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using System.Windows;
+using System.Windows.Controls;
+using System.Windows.Data;
+using System.Windows.Documents;
+using System.Windows.Input;
+using System.Windows.Media;
+using System.Windows.Media.Imaging;
+using System.Windows.Navigation;
+using System.Windows.Shapes;
+
+namespace Wox.Plugin.ControlPanel
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Interaction logic for ControlPanelSettingsControl.xaml
+    /// </summary>
+    public partial class ControlPanelSettingsView : UserControl
+    {
+        public ControlPanelSettingsView(ControlPanelSettingsViewModel vm)
+        {
+            InitializeComponent();
+            DataContext = vm;
+        }
+    }
+}

Plugins/Wox.Plugin.ControlPanel/ControlPanelSettingsViewModel.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+namespace Wox.Plugin.ControlPanel
+{
+    public class ControlPanelSettingsViewModel : BaseModel
+    {
+        private readonly Settings _settings;
+
+        public ControlPanelSettingsViewModel(Settings settings)
+        {
+            _settings = settings;
+        }
+
+        public bool ShouldUsePinYin
+        {
+            get { return _settings.ShouldUsePinYin; }
+            set
+            {
+                _settings.ShouldUsePinYin = value;
+                this.OnPropertyChanged();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

Plugins/Wox.Plugin.ControlPanel/Main.cs

@@ -4,17 +4,28 @@ using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using System.Windows.Controls;
 using Wox.Infrastructure;
+using Wox.Infrastructure.Storage;
 
 namespace Wox.Plugin.ControlPanel
 {
-    public class Main : IPlugin, IPluginI18n
+    public class Main : IPlugin, IPluginI18n, ISettingProvider, ISavable
     {
+        private readonly Settings _settings = new Settings {ShouldUsePinYin = false};
+        private readonly PluginJsonStorage<Settings> _settingsStorage;
+
         private PluginInitContext context;
         private List<ControlPanelItem> controlPanelItems = new List<ControlPanelItem>();
         private string iconFolder;
         private string fileType;
 
+        public Main()
+        {
+            _settingsStorage = new PluginJsonStorage<Settings>();
+            _settings = _settingsStorage.Load();
+        }
+
         public void Init(PluginInitContext context)
         {
             this.context = context;
@@ -43,7 +54,7 @@ namespace Wox.Plugin.ControlPanel
 
             foreach (var item in controlPanelItems)
             {
-                item.Score = Score(item, query.Search);
+                item.Score = Score(item, query.Search, _settings.ShouldUsePinYin);
                 if (item.Score > 0)
                 {
                     var result = new Result
@@ -74,20 +85,20 @@ namespace Wox.Plugin.ControlPanel
             return panelItems;
         }
 
-        private int Score(ControlPanelItem item, string query)
+        private int Score(ControlPanelItem item, string query, bool shouldUsePinYin)
         {
             var scores = new List<int> {0};
             if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(item.LocalizedString))
             {
                 var score1 = StringMatcher.FuzzySearch(query, item.LocalizedString).ScoreAfterSearchPrecisionFilter();
-                var score2 = StringMatcher.ScoreForPinyin(item.LocalizedString, query);
+                var score2 = shouldUsePinYin ? StringMatcher.ScoreForPinyin(item.LocalizedString, query) : 0;
                 scores.Add(score1);
                 scores.Add(score2);
             }
             if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(item.InfoTip))
             {
                 var score1 = StringMatcher.FuzzySearch(query, item.InfoTip).ScoreAfterSearchPrecisionFilter();
-                var score2 = StringMatcher.ScoreForPinyin(item.InfoTip, query);
+                var score2 = shouldUsePinYin ? StringMatcher.ScoreForPinyin(item.InfoTip, query) : 0;
                 scores.Add(score1);
                 scores.Add(score2);
             }
@@ -103,5 +114,15 @@ namespace Wox.Plugin.ControlPanel
         {
             return context.API.GetTranslation("wox_plugin_controlpanel_plugin_description");
         }
+
+        public Control CreateSettingPanel()
+        {
+            return new ControlPanelSettingsView(new ControlPanelSettingsViewModel(_settings));
+        }
+
+        public void Save()
+        {
+            _settingsStorage.Save();
+        }
     }
 }

Plugins/Wox.Plugin.ControlPanel/Settings.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+namespace Wox.Plugin.ControlPanel
+{
+    public class Settings
+    {
+        public bool ShouldUsePinYin { get; set; } = true;
+    }
+}

Plugins/Wox.Plugin.ControlPanel/Wox.Plugin.ControlPanel.csproj

@@ -37,19 +37,27 @@
       <HintPath>..\..\packages\JetBrains.Annotations.10.3.0\lib\net\JetBrains.Annotations.dll</HintPath>
       <Private>True</Private>
     </Reference>
+    <Reference Include="PresentationCore" />
     <Reference Include="PresentationFramework" />
     <Reference Include="System" />
     <Reference Include="System.Core" />
     <Reference Include="System.Drawing" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Xaml" />
+    <Reference Include="WindowsBase" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="..\..\SolutionAssemblyInfo.cs">
       <Link>Properties\SolutionAssemblyInfo.cs</Link>
     </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="ControlPanelSettingsView.xaml.cs">
+      <DependentUpon>ControlPanelSettingsView.xaml</DependentUpon>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="ControlPanelSettingsViewModel.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Main.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ControlPanelItem.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ControlPanelList.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Settings.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Include="packages.config" />
@@ -114,6 +122,12 @@
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </Content>
   </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Page Include="ControlPanelSettingsView.xaml">
+      <SubType>Designer</SubType>
+      <Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
+    </Page>
+  </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
   <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. 
        Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets.